sgeilp
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots skelf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̪kʲelp/
Noun
sgeilp f (genitive singular sgeilp, plural sgeilpichean)
- shelf or cliff of a rock
- shelf in a keeping place
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgeilp”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm. A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Edinburgh: John Grant (1925)