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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Compare Middle Irish screm f (“surface, skin, film”).
Noun
sgreab f (genitive singular sgreaba, plural sgreaban)
- scab, blotch
- mange
- the itch
- scurf
- anthrax
- crust
- thin layer or film of dirt, etc.
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgreab”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN