brùidealachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From brùideil (“barbarous, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent”) +‎ -achd. Compare Irish brúidiúlacht.

Noun

brùidealachd f

  1. brutality, beastliness
  2. coarseness, savageness, barbarism, violence
  • brùid (“brute, beast, brutal person”)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “brúitemlacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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