brùidealachd

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From brùideil (barbarous, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent) +‎ -achd. Compare Irish brúidiúlacht.

Noun

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brùidealachd f

  1. brutality, beastliness
  2. coarseness, savageness, barbarism, violence
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  • brùid (brute, beast, brutal person)

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “brùidealachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brúitemlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language