sgròban

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

sgròban m (genitive singular sgròbain, plural sgròbanan)

1. verbal noun of sgròb (“scratch, scrape with the nails; scrawl”)
2. scraping or scratching with the nails or talons
3. (anatomy) crop of a bird
4. dewlap
5. (anatomy) gizzard

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgròban”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN