scamall
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to Scam "lung". Breton Skañv "light" + skevent "lungs". Light in Russian means also "not heavy" + "lungs" like in English. Scamall = the light ones.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scamall m (genitive singular scamaill, nominative plural scamaill)
Declension[edit]
Declension of scamall
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- scamallach (“cloudy, clouded; webbed, palmate”, adjective)
- scamallacht f (“cloudiness”)
- scamallach m (“web-footed bird, palmiped”)
- scamallaigh (“cloud (over), mist, obscure”, verb)
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scamall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “scamall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “scamall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.