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sgairp

See also: Sgairp

Irish edit

Noun edit

sgairp f (genitive singular sgairpe, nominative plural sgairpeanna)

  1. Obsolete spelling of scairp (“scorpion; escarpment”)

Declension edit

Declension of sgairp

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sgairp sgairpeanna
Vocative a sgairp a sgairpeanna
Genitive sgairpe sgairpeanna
Dative sgairp sgairpeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sgairp na sgairpeanna
Genitive na sgairpe na sgairpeanna
Dative leis an sgairp

don sgairp

leis na sgairpeanna

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish scoirp, from Latin scorpiō,[1] from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Cognate with Irish scairp.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sgairp f (genitive sgairpe, plural sgairpean)

  1. scorpion

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scoirp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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