spliota

• splíota

From English split in the sense “piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment”.

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpʲlʲɨ̞t̪ˠə/

spliota m (genitive singular spliota, nominative plural spliotaí)

1. splint (narrow strip of wood)
2. splinter (fragment of material)

   Synonyms: scealp, scealpóg

• “spliota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spliota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38