escaig

Unknown. Possibly derived from the PIE root *skeyd- (“split, divide”) via some pre-Roman Indo-European language.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkat͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkat͡ʃ]

escaig m (plural escaigs)

1. remnant, fragment

   Synonym: escapoló

2. an additional quantity amounting to less than the next round number

   El compte és de sis euros i un escaig de trenta cèntims.

   The bill is for six euros and an addition of 30 cents.

• i escaig

• “escaig”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007