sgrios
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish scris (“destruction”) (compare Irish scrios (“destruction”)), verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Noun
sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)
- destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
- verbal noun of sgrios
Etymology 2
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
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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