briosgaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (“brittle”)).

Noun

briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean)

  1. biscuit, cookie
  • briosgaideach (“abounding in biscuits”)
  • briosgaid-mhara (“sea biscuit”)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
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