Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
sclamh f (genitive singular sclaimhe, nominative plural sclamhanna or sclamhacha)
- a bite, nip
- sclamh a bhaint as ― to take a bite out of
Declension
Declension of sclamh (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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sclamh
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sclamhanna
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| vocative
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a sclamh
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a sclamhanna
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| genitive
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sclaimhe
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sclamhanna
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| dative
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sclamh
sclaimh (archaic, dialectal)
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sclamhanna
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an sclamh
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na sclamhanna
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| genitive
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na sclaimhe
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na sclamhanna
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| dative
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leis an sclamh
leis an sclaimh (archaic, dialectal)
don sclamh
don sclaimh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na sclamhanna
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Further reading
- “sclamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sclaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 611
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sclamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
