scoilteán

scoilteán

Irish

Alternative forms

• (cleft object; cleft stick): scoilteog f

Etymology

From Old Irish scoiltén; synchronically, scoilt (“split, crack, cleavage, fissure”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

scoilteán m (genitive singular scoilteáin, nominative plural scoilteáin)

1. Diminutive of scoilt
2. (small) crack, fissure
3. cleft object; cleft stick
4. potato set

Declension

Declension of scoilteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scoilteán scoilteáin Vocative a scoilteáin a scoilteána Genitive scoilteáin scoilteán Dative scoilteán scoilteáin

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

References

• "scoilteán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “scoiltén”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN