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sgall

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English scald.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

sgall (past sgall, future sgallaidh, verbal noun sgalladh, past participle sgallta)

  1. scald
  2. trouble, disturb

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Old Norse skalli.

Noun edit

sgall m (genitive singular sgaill, plural sgallan)

  1. baldness
  2. bald head
  3. scall, scab
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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