priobadh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish prapud (“a brief space”), from Old Irish brothad (“moment”).

Noun

priobadh m (genitive singular priobaidh, plural priobaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of priob
  2. act of winking or twinkling
  3. twinkle, wink, blink
  4. instant, moment
    ann am priobadh na sùla ― in a moment/in the wink of an eye
  5. glimpse

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “priobadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brothad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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