sceir

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse sker.

Noun

sceir f (genitive singular sceire, nominative plural sceireacha)

skerry

Declension

Declension of sceir (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	sceir	sceireacha
vocative	a sceir	a sceireacha
genitive	sceire	sceireacha
dative	sceir	sceireacha

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an sceir	na sceireacha
genitive	na sceire	na sceireacha
dative	leis an sceir don sceir	leis na sceireacha

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sceir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sceir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“sceir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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