sclamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- sglamh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠklˠãuh/
Noun
sclamh f (genitive singular sclaimhe, nominative plural sclamhanna or sclamhacha)
- a bite, nip
- sclamh a bhaint as ― to take a bite out of
Declension
Declension of sclamh
Second declension
Bare forms
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Further reading
- “sclamh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “sclaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 611.
- "sclamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57