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briosgaid

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (brittle)). Compare Irish briosca. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean)

  1. biscuit, cookie
  2. (computing, Internet) cookie
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Mutation

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Mutation of briosgaid
radical lenition
briosgaid bhriosgaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “briosgaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC