sgreuch

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish scréch (cry, shout, scream) (compare Irish scréach).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /s̪krʲiax/

Noun

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sgreuch m (genitive singular sgreucha, plural sgreuchan)

  1. scream, screech
    • 1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:
      Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal []
      And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter []

Alternative forms

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Verb

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sgreuch (past sgreuch, future sgreuchaidh, verbal noun sgreuchail, past participle sgreuchte)

  1. scream, screech

Derived terms

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