Ó Scealláin

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Irish

Etymology

Literally, “descendant of (the) seed”, probably in its now obsolete figurative sense “pupil, student”.[1]

Proper noun

Ó Scealláin m (genitive Uí Scealláin)

  1. a male surname, feminine equivalent Ní Scealláin

Descendants

  • → English: Scallan
  • → Yola: Scalaane

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ó Scealláin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Ó Scealláin nÓ Scealláin hÓ Scealláin not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

  • MacLysaght, Edward (1985) “(O) Scallan”, in The Surnames of Ireland, sixth edition, Dublin: Irish Academic Press, →ISBN, page 265; reprinted 1999
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