sgoilear
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish sgoláir, from Old Irish scoláir, scoláire (“scholar, pupil, student”), from Latin scholāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈs̪kɔlɛɾ/
Noun
sgoilear m (genitive singular sgoileir, plural sgoilearan)
- pupil, scholar, student, a learned person, disciple
- deagh sgoilear, a good scholar
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgoilear”, 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, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)