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Irish
Etymology
From sceall + -án.
Noun
sceallán m (genitive singular scealláin, nominative plural scealláin)
- potato set (small tuber or bulb used instead of seed), seed potato
- small potato
- (literary) pip, seed, stone (of a fruit)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ “sceallán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 605
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sciollán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN