priobadh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish prapud (“a brief space”), from Old Irish brothad (“moment”).
Noun
[edit]priobadh m (genitive singular priobaidh, plural priobaidhean)
- verbal noun of priob
- act of winking or twinkling
- twinkle, wink, blink
- instant, moment
- ann am priobadh na sùla ― in a moment/in the wink of an eye
- glimpse
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “priobadh”, 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), “brothad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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