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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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pròis, pride, haughtiness; from Sc. prossie, prowsie, nice and particular, Dut. prootsch, preutsch, proud, Eng. proud. The Arran Dial. has pròtail for pròiseil.
proitseach, a boy, stripling; cf. brod balaich, brodan, boy, from brod. The termination is -seach, really a fem. one. In Arg. propanach, a boy, from prop, also geamht.
pronn, foon; see proinn.
pronn, bran, Manx pronn; see next word. Hence Sc. pron.
pronn, pound, bray, mash, Manx pronney, pouding; see, for root and form, bronn, distribute, from the root bhrud, break, which thus in G. means (1) distribute, (2) break or crush. Hence pronnag, a crumb, Sc. pronacks.
pronnasg, brimstone; formed on Sc. brunstane, Norse brenisteinn, Eng. brimstone. Dial. of Badenoch has the form pronnasdail.
pronndal, muttering, murmering (Dial. brundlais):
prop, a prop, Ir. propa; from Eng. prop.
propanach, a boy (Wh.):
prosnaich, incite; see brosnaich.
protaig, a trick; from Sc. prattick, trick, stratagem, Ag. S. prœtt, craft, prœtig, tricky, Eng. pretty, Norse prettr, a trick.
prothaisd, a provost; from the Eng.
pubull, a tet, Ir. pupal, g. puible, O. Ir. pupall, W. pabell, pebyll; from Lat. papilio, butterfly, tent, Eg. pavilion. See pàilliun.
pùc, push, jostle; from the Sc. powk, thrust, dig, M. Eng. pukken, pouken, póken, to thrust, poke, Eng. poke, Ger. pochen, knock, Dial. fùc.
pucaid, a pimple; see bucaid.
pudhar, harm, injury, Ir. púdhar (O'B.), M. Ir. pudar, E. Ir. púdar, pudar; from Lat. pudor, shame. Usually taken as borrowed from Lat. pûtor, rottenness, Eng. putrid.
pùic, a bribe:
puicean, a veil, covering, Ir. puicín:
puidse, a pouch; from the Eng.
puinneag, sorrel:
puinneanach, beat, thump; from M. Eng. pounen, now pound, Ag. S. punian.
puinse, punch, toddy; from Eng. punch.
puinsean, puision, poison; from the Eng. Manx has pyshoon.
pùirleag, a crest, tuft, Ir. puirleógach, crested, tufted (O'B., Sh.), puirleog (O'R.) - an Irish word. See pùrlag.
pulag, round stone, ball, pedestal, also pulag; from M. Eng. boule, a ball or bowl, now bowl, Fr. boule.
pulaidh, turkey cock: Fr. poulet.
