scil

See also: scil. and ščil

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃcɪlʲ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English skill.

Noun

scil f (genitive singular scile, nominative plural scileanna)

  1. skill
  2. attainment (of skill)
Declension
Declension of scil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scil scileanna
vocative a scil a scileanna
genitive scile scileanna
dative scil scileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scil na scileanna
genitive na scile na scileanna
dative leis an scil
don scil
leis na scileanna
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French squille, from Latin squilla.

Noun

scil f (genitive singular scile, nominative plural scileanna)

  1. squill
Declension
Declension of scil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scil scileanna
vocative a scil a scileanna
genitive scile scileanna
dative scil scileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scil na scileanna
genitive na scile na scileanna
dative leis an scil
don scil
leis na scileanna

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

scil (present analytic scileann, future analytic scilfidh, verbal noun scileadh, past participle scilte)

  1. to shell, hull, husk
  2. to shed ear, husk, or shell
  3. to divulge
  4. to prate, prattle
Conjugation
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