priobadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish prapud (“a brief space”), from Old Irish brothad (“moment”).

Noun

priobadh m (genitive singular priobaidh, plural priobaidhean)

1. verbal noun of priob
2. act of winking or twinkling
3. twinkle, wink, blink
4. instant, moment

   ann am priobadh na sùla ― in a moment/in the wink of an eye

5. glimpse

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “priobadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brothad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language