sceallán

Irish

Alternative forms

• scealtán, sciollán, sciolltán
• sgeallán, sgiollán (obsolete)

Etymology

From sceall +‎ -án.

Noun

sceallán m (genitive singular scealláin, nominative plural scealláin)

1. potato set (small tuber or bulb used instead of seed), seed potato
2. small potato
3. (literary) pip, seed, stone (of a fruit)

Declension

Declension of sceallán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sceallán scealláin Vocative a scealláin a sceallána Genitive scealláin sceallán Dative sceallán scealláin

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

Derived terms

• Ó Scealláin (surname)
  • → English: Scallan
  • → Yola: Scalaane

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 605
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sciollán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN