sgreab
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Middle Irish screm f (“surface, skin, film”).
Noun
sgreab f (genitive singular sgreaba, plural sgreaban)
- scab, blotch
- mange
- the itch
- scurf
- anthrax
- crust
- thin layer or film of dirt, etc.
Derived terms
- sgreab-chinn f (“dandruff”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgreab”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN