sgrios
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish scris (“destruction”) (compare Irish scrios (“destruction”)), verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Noun
[edit]sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)
- destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
- verbal noun of sgrios
Etymology 2
[edit]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
[edit]sgrios (past sgrios, future sgriosaidh, verbal noun sgrios or sgriosadh, past participle sgrioste)
- destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck
See also
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic verbal nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic verbs