scioból

scioból

Irish

Alternative forms

• sgiobál, sgioból (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Brythonic (compare Welsh ysgubor, Middle Cornish skyber, Breton skiber), from Latin scōpa.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃcɪˈbˠoːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪbˠoːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪbˠɔl̪ˠ/, /ˈʃcɪbˠal̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

scioból m (genitive singular sciobóil, nominative plural sciobóil)

1. barn (building)

Declension

Declension of scioból

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scioból sciobóil Vocative a sciobóil a sciobóla Genitive sciobóil scioból Dative scioból sciobóil

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

Further reading

• “scioból” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sciból”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “scioból” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 609.
• "scioból" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14