sgreab

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Middle Irish screm f (“surface, skin, film”).

Noun

sgreab f (genitive singular sgreaba, plural sgreaban)

1. scab, blotch
2. mange
3. the itch
4. scurf
5. anthrax
6. crust
7. thin layer or film of dirt, etc.

Derived terms

• sgreab-chinn f (“dandruff”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgreab”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN