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sgrios

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish scris (destruction) (compare Irish scrios (destruction)), verbal noun of sceirtid (strips, peels or scrapes off).

Noun

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sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)

  1. destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
  2. verbal noun of sgrios

Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish scrisaid (to destroy) (compare Irish scrios (to destroy)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (strips, peels or scrapes off).

Verb

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sgrios (past sgrios, future sgriosaidh, verbal noun sgrios or sgriosadh, past participle sgrioste)

  1. destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck

See also

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