scioból

Irish

Alternative forms

• sgiobál, sgioból (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Brythonic (compare Welsh ysgubor, Middle Cornish skyber, Breton skiber), from Latin scōpa.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃcɪˈbˠoːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪbˠoːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɨ̞bˠɔl̪ˠ/, /ˈʃcɨ̞bˠal̪ˠ/

Noun

scioból m (genitive singular sciobóil, nominative plural sciobóil)

1. barn (building)

Declension

Declension of scioból

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scioból sciobóil Vocative a sciobóil a sciobóla Genitive sciobóil scioból Dative scioból sciobóil

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

Further reading

• “scioból”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sciból”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scioból”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scioból”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN