sgreuch
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish scréch (“cry, shout, scream”) (compare Irish scréach).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sgreuch m (genitive singular sgreucha, plural sgreuchan)
- 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[edit]
Verb[edit]
sgreuch (past sgreuch, future sgreuchaidh, verbal noun sgreuchail, past participle sgreuchte)
Derived terms[edit]
- sgreuchag, sgreuchan-coille (“jay”)