scamh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish scomaid.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editscamh (present analytic scamhann, future analytic scamhfaidh, verbal noun scamhadh, past participle scafa) (transitive, intransitive)
- (transitive) peel, scale, strip, lay bare
- (intransitive) to be exposed
- (transitive) pare surface of, shave, plane down
- (intransitive) (of clothes) rub, fray; (of knitting) ravel
Conjugation
editconjugation of scamh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scomaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN