scailleagán

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːnˠ/, /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scailleagán m (genitive singular scailleagáin, nominative plural scailleagáin)

  1. tall lean person
  2. anything tall and slender

Declension

Declension of scailleagán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scailleagán scailleagáin
vocative a scailleagáin a scailleagána
genitive scailleagáin scailleagán
dative scailleagán scailleagáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scailleagán na scailleagáin
genitive an scailleagáin na scailleagán
dative leis an scailleagán
don scailleagán
leis na scailleagáin

Descendants

  • Yola: skunnaan

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