sgrios
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish scris (“destruction”) (compare Irish scrios (“destruction”)), verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Noun edit
sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)
- destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
- verbal noun of sgrios
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Irish scrisaid (“to destroy”) (compare Irish scrios (“to destroy”)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Verb edit
sgrios (past sgrios, future sgriosaidh, verbal noun sgrios or sgriosadh, past participle sgrioste)
- destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck