briosgaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (“brittle”)). Compare Irish briosca.

Noun

briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean)

1. biscuit, cookie

Related terms

• briosgaid-mhara (“sea biscuit”)
• briosgaideach (“abounding in biscuits”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
briosgaid	bhriosgaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “briosgaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)