Irish
- scealbóg, sciolpóg
- sgealbóg, sgeilpeog (obsolete)
Etymology
From scealp + -óg.
Noun
scealpóg f (genitive singular scealpóige, nominative plural scealpóga)
- chip (small piece broken off; damaged area of a surface)
- pinch (action of squeezing a small amount of skin), nip
- Synonym: liomóg
- splinter (fragment of material)
Declension
Declension of scealpóg (second declension)
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singular
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plural
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scealpóg
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scealpóga
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| vocative
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a scealpóg
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a scealpóga
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| genitive
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scealpóige
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scealpóg
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| dative
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scealpóg
scealpóig (archaic, dialectal)
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scealpóga
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singular
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plural
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an scealpóg
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na scealpóga
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na scealpóige
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na scealpóg
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leis an scealpóg
leis an scealpóig (archaic, dialectal)
don scealpóg
don scealpóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na scealpóga
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Further reading
- “scealpóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scealpóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 605
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scealpóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN