piseach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish piseóc (“charm, witchcraft”), probably borrowed from Latin pyxis (“medicine box”).[1]

Noun

piseach m (genitive singular pisich)

  1. success, prosperity
  2. improvement, progress
  3. increase, augmentation

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “piseach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page piseach
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