sceamhaíl

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sceamhaíleach, sceamhlach
  • sceamhghail, sgeamhaighil, sgeamhghail, sgeamhlach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish scemgal (“clashing, clanging”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠcaˈwĩːl̪ˠ/, [sˠcaˈw̃ĩ̠ːə̯l̪ˠ][3] (as if spelled sceamhaíol)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawiːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawilʲ/

Noun

sceamhaíl f (genitive singular sceamhíola)

  1. verbal noun of sceamh
  2. yelping
  3. squealing
  4. yapping

Declension

Declension of sceamhaíl (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sceamhaíl
vocative a sceamhaíl
genitive sceamhaíola
dative sceamhaíl
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sceamhaíl
genitive na sceamhaíola
dative leis an sceamhaíl
don sceamhaíl

References

  1. ^ “sceamhaíl”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scemgal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 55, page 29

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