briosgaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (“brittle”)). Compare Irish briosca. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲiskɪtʲ/

Noun

briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean)

1. biscuit, cookie
2. (computing, Internet) cookie

Related terms

• briosgaideach (“abounding in biscuits”, adjective)
• briosgaid-mhara (“sea biscuit”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
briosgaid	bhriosgaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “briosgaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC