schéële

See also: scheele

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeə̯.lə/
• Rhymes: -eə̯lə

Etymology 1

From earlier *schelle, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Alternative forms

• schälle (Krefeld)
• sjölle (Voeren)
• schelle (Venlo)
• sjèlle (widespread, Dutch-based spelling)

Verb

schéële (third-person singular present schällt, preterite schällde, past participle geschällt)

1. (Eupen, transitive) to peel; to pare; to husk; to skin
2. (Eupen, reflexive) to peel off

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. The second sense was likely influenced by German.

Alternative forms

• sjaele (various dialects, Dutch-based spelling)

Verb

schéële (third-person singular present schéëlt, preterite schéëlde, past participle geschéëlt, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

1. (medicine, ophthalmology) to squint
2. to leer

Conjugation

Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive	schéële
participle	geschéëlt
auxiliary	haane
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	schéël	schéëlde	—
2nd singular	schéëls	schéëldes	schéël
3rd singular	schéëlt	schéëlde	—
1st plural	schéële	schéëlde	—
2nd plural	schéëlt	schéëlde	schéëlt
3rd plural	schéële	schéëlde	—