sceamhaíl

Irish

Alternative forms
  • sceamhaíleach, sceamhlach
  • sceamhghail, sgeamhaighil, sgeamhghail, sgeamhlach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish scemgal (“clashing, clanging”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠcaˈwĩːl̪ˠ/, [sˠcaˈw̃ĩ̠ːə̯l̪ˠ][3] (as if spelled sceamhaíol)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawiːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃcawilʲ/

Noun

sceamhaíl f (genitive singular sceamhíola)

  1. verbal noun of sceamh
  2. yelping
  3. squealing
  4. yapping

Declension
Declension of sceamhaíl

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative sceamhaíl
Vocative a sceamhaíl
Genitive sceamhaíola
Dative sceamhaíl

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an sceamhaíl
Genitive na sceamhaíola
Dative leis an sceamhaíl

don sceamhaíl

References
  1. “sceamhaíl”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scemgal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29

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