scailleagán

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːnˠ/, /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scailleagán m (genitive singular scailleagáin, nominative plural scailleagáin)

1. tall lean person
2. anything tall and slender

Declension

Declension of scailleagán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scailleagán scailleagáin Vocative a scailleagáin a scailleagána Genitive scailleagáin scailleagán Dative scailleagán scailleagáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an scailleagán na scailleagáin Genitive an scailleagáin na scailleagán Dative leis an scailleagán don scailleagán leis na scailleagáin

Descendants

• → Yola: skunnaan

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scailleagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN