sgreuch

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scréch (cry, shout, scream) (compare Irish scréach).

Pronunciation

Noun

sgreuch m (genitive singular sgreucha, plural sgreuchan)

  1. scream, screech
    • 1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:
      Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal 
      And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter 

Alternative forms

Verb

sgreuch (past sgreuch, future sgreuchaidh, verbal noun sgreuchail, past participle sgreuchte)

  1. scream, screech

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