scairbh
Irish
Alternative forms
- scarbh
- sgairbh, sgarbh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠkæɾʲəvʲ/
Noun
scairbh f (genitive singular scairbhe, nominative plural scairbheacha)
- reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
- Synonym: scoth
- shoal (sandbank)
- Synonym: oitir
- shelf (reef, shoal or sandbar)
Declension
Declension of scairbh
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Descendants
- scairbh ilchríochach (“continental shelf”)
Further reading
- “scairbh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 scairb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32