Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
scoilteán. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
scoilteán, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
scoilteán in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
scoilteán you have here. The definition of the word
scoilteán will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
scoilteán, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish scoiltén. By surface analysis, scoilt (“split, crack, cleavage, fissure”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Noun
scoilteán m (genitive singular scoilteáin, nominative plural scoilteáin)
- diminutive of scoilt
- (small) crack, fissure
- cleft object; cleft stick
- potato set
Declension
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scoilteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoiltén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language