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)

1. destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
2. 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)

1. destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck

See also

• sgrios-cinnidh