sgairp

See also: Sgairp

Irish

Noun

sgairp f (genitive singular sgairpe, nominative plural sgairpeanna)

  1. obsolete spelling of scairp (“scorpion; escarpment”)

Declension

Declension of sgairp (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sgairp sgairpeanna
vocative a sgairp a sgairpeanna
genitive sgairpe sgairpeanna
dative sgairp sgairpeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sgairp na sgairpeanna
genitive na sgairpe na sgairpeanna
dative leis an sgairp
don sgairp 		leis na sgairpeanna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish scoirp, from Latin scorpiō,[1] from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Cognate with Irish scairp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪kaɾʲp/

Noun

sgairp f (genitive sgairpe, plural sgairpean)

  1. scorpion

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoirp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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