searbhadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots serviter, servet (“napkin”), from French serviette, from Latin servio.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈʃæɾaˑ.ət̪æɾʲ][2]

Noun

searbhadair m (plural searbhadairean)

  1. (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye, Mull) towel
    Synonym: tubhailt
  2. napkin

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “searbhadair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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