scaoilte
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠkiːlʲtʲə/
Verb
scaoilte
- past participle of scaoil
Adjective
scaoilte
- loose
- free, unconstrained
- loose-limbed, lithe, supple
- Synonyms: géagscaoilte, ligthe, súpláilte
Derived terms
- lasta scaoilte (“bulk cargo”)
- léibheann scaoilte (“shooting-gallery”)
- scaoilteach (“loose; liable to break loose; scattered, dispersed; lavish; loose-tongued, tattling; loose-living, dissolute; laxative”)
- scaoilteacht (“looseness, slackness; laxity; looseness of bowels, diarrhoea; lavishness”)
- scaoilteán (“release”)
- scaoilteog (“wrapper”)
References
- "scaoilte" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.