sgrios
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish scris (“destruction”) (compare Irish scrios (“destruction”)), verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Noun
editsgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)
- destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
- verbal noun of sgrios
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Irish scrisaid (“to destroy”) (compare Irish scrios (“to destroy”)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Verb
editsgrios (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
See also
editCategories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic verbal nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic verbs