bruidheann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fris-brudi, from Proto-Celtic *mru- (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-, see also Welsh cyfrau (“words, conversation”).

Noun

bruidheann f (genitive singular bruidhinn or bruidhne, no plural)

  1. conversation, talk, speech
  2. quarrel
  3. report
  4. tumult, noise of talk

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