sceamhaíl
Irish
Alternative forms
- sceamhaíleach, sceamhlach
- sceamhghail, sgeamhaighil, sgeamhghail, sgeamhlach (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish scemgal (“clashing, clanging”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠcaˈwĩːl̪ˠ/, [sˠcaˈw̃ĩ̠ːə̯l̪ˠ][1] (as if spelled sceamhaíol)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawiːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawilʲ/
Noun
sceamhaíl f (genitive singular sceamhíola)
- verbal noun of sceamh
- yelping
- squealing
- yapping
Declension
Declension of sceamhaíl
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Further reading
- “sceamhaíl” 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), “scemgal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “sceaṁġail” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 605.
- "sceamhaíl" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29