sgreuch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Irish scréach).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̪krʲiax/

Noun

sgreuch m (genitive singular sgreucha, plural sgreuchan)

1. scream, screech
   • 1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:

     Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal […]

     And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter […]

Alternative forms

• sgriach

Verb

sgreuch (past sgreuch, future sgreuchaidh, verbal noun sgreuchail, past participle sgreuchte)

1. scream, screech

Derived terms

• sgreuchag, sgreuchan-coille (“jay”)