cùbhraidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cumrae (“fragrant, sweet-smelling; sweet”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰuːrˠi/[2]

Adjective

cùbhraidh (comparative nas cùbhraidhe, superlative as cùbhraidhe)

  1. fragrant, perfumed, scented, balmy

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 40
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