scamall
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom a Hiberno-Latin diminutive of Latin squama (“animal scale”).[1] The semantic evolution would be something like "scale" > "film, membrane" (whence also the meaning "webbing") > "eye occlusion" > "cloud".
Pronunciation
editNoun
editscamall m (genitive singular scamaill, nominative plural scamaill)
Declension
editDeclension of scamall
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- scamallach (“cloudy, clouded; webbed, palmate”, adjective)
- scamallacht f (“cloudiness”)
- scamallach m (“web-footed bird, palmiped”)
- scamallaigh (“cloud (over), mist, obscure”, verb)
References
editFurther reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scamall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scamall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scamall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024