scairbh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scairbh f (genitive singular scairbhe, nominative plural scairbheacha)
- reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
- Synonym: scoth
- shoal (sandbank)
- Synonym: oitir
- shelf (reef, shoal or sandbar)
Declension edit
Declension of scairbh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Descendants edit
- scairbh ilchríochach (“continental shelf”)
Further reading edit
- “scairbh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 scairb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32