bruidheann

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fris-brudi, from Proto-Celtic *mru- (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-, see also Welsh cyfrau (“words, conversation”).

Noun

bruidheann f (genitive singular bruidhinn or bruidhne, no plural)

  1. conversation, talk, speech
  2. quarrel
  3. report
  4. tumult, noise of talk

Derived terms

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bruidheann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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