briosgaid

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === Borrowed from English biscuit (by folk etymology made to agree with the Gaelic word brisg (“brittle”)). Compare Irish briosca. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾʲiskɪtʲ/ === Noun === briosgaid f (genitive singular briosgaide, plural briosgaidean) biscuit, cookie (computing, Internet) cookie ==== Related terms ==== briosgaideach (“abounding in biscuits”, adjective) briosgaid-mhara (“sea biscuit”) === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “briosgaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC