Irish

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scamaill

Etymology

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From 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

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Noun

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scamall m (genitive singular scamaill, nominative plural scamaill)

  1. (weather) cloud
    Synonym: néal
  2. web (between toes)

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References

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  1. ^ Greene, David (1975) “Varia III”, in Ériu[1], volume 26, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 175–181

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