sgoil
Irish
Noun
sgoil f (genitive singular sgoile, nominative plural sgoileanna, sgoileacha or sgolta)
- Obsolete spelling of scoil
Declension
Declension of sgoil
Second declension
Bare forms
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish scol (compare Irish scoil), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).
Noun
sgoil f (genitive singular sgoile, plural sgoiltean)
- school, seminary
- a’ dol don sgoil ― going to school
- education, learning, knowledge
- A bheil sgoil aige?
- Is he educated? (literally "Has he education?")
- Chan eil sgoil agam air.
- I have no knowledge of it.
- science, literature
Derived terms
- àrd-sgoil
- balachan-sgoile
- bun-sgoil
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgoil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)