drabhas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• drabas

Etymology

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Noun

drabhas m (genitive singular drabhais, no plural)

1. (dated) filthiness of speech, smut
2. (dated) turbulence
3. (dated) filth
4. (dated) foul weather
5. (dated, Uist) filthy man
6. faeces

Derived terms

• drabasda (“dirty, obscene, filthy, smutty, indelicate; uncouth; crabbed”)