scoilteán

Irish

Alternative forms

• (cleft object; cleft stick): scoilteog f

Etymology

From Old Irish scoiltén. By surface analysis, scoilt (“split, crack, cleavage, fissure”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

scoilteán m (genitive singular scoilteáin, nominative plural scoilteáin)

1. diminutive of scoilt
2. (small) crack, fissure
3. cleft object; cleft stick
4. potato set

Declension

Declension of scoilteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scoilteán scoilteáin Vocative a scoilteáin a scoilteána Genitive scoilteáin scoilteán Dative scoilteán scoilteáin

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scoilteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoiltén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language