"boorach" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Scots]

Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic bùrach (“digging; earthworks; disorder”). The semantic development, already in Gaelic and continued in Scots, seems to go from digging, to digging a mound or trench, to a mess. The sense of mess or confusion presumably comes from the idea of disturbing the earth by digging, or from the confusion of things being thrown in a heap. In the sense of chaotic incompetence, the word enjoyed an upsurge in popularity in 2019 after being used several times in parliament. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|gd|bùrach||digging; earthworks; disorder}} Scottish Gaelic bùrach (“digging; earthworks; disorder”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun}} boorach
  1. mound
    Sense id: en-boorach-sco-noun-TrrOq-7d Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 46 39
  2. mess, guddle
    Sense id: en-boorach-sco-noun-K34IE0MN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 46 39 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 22 45 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bourach, bourock, boorock
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Scots]

Etymology: Some sources link this with etymology 1, a stone cottage being an extension of earthworks. Others derive it from Scots bour (“room”), from Old English bur (cf. modern English bower) and -ock. Etymology templates: {{m+|sco|bour||room}} Scots bour (“room”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun}} boorach
  1. humble or inadequate cottage (now mainly Angus)
    Sense id: en-boorach-sco-noun-Go~9tUJI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 42 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 46 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bourach, bourock, boorock
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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