bruidheann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fris-brudi, from Proto-Celtic *mru- (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-, see also Welsh cyfrau (“words, conversation”).

Noun

bruidheann f (genitive singular bruidhinn or bruidhne, no plural)

1. conversation, talk, speech
2. quarrel
3. report
4. tumult, noise of talk

Derived terms

• frith-bhruidheann

Related terms

• bruidhinn

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bruidheann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN