spruilleach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish sbruileach.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /spɾuʎəx/

Noun[edit]

spruilleach m (genitive singular spruillich, no plural)

  1. crumbs
    • 1917, A.M.E., “Ceist An Ionmhais”, in Guth na bliadhna, volume 14, page 136:
       […] cha dùth dha a bhi fialuidh no pailt-làmhach a thaobh nam feadhnach againne. Chan eil sinne a' faighinn uair sam bith ach an spruidhleach a thuiteas o a bhòrd-san.
      He doesn't have to be hospitable or generous towards us. We are only ever getting the crumbs that fall from his table.
  2. debris, rubble
  3. fragments
  4. offal, refuse

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “spruilleach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “spruilleach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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