Ó Scealláin
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “descendant of (the) seed”, probably in its now obsolete figurative sense “pupil, student”.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Ó Scealláin m (genitive Uí Scealláin)
- a male surname, feminine equivalent Ní Scealláin
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ó Scealláin | nÓ Scealláin | hÓ Scealláin | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- MacLysaght, Edward (1985) “(O) Scallan”, in The Surnames of Ireland, sixth edition, Dublin: Irish Academic Press, →ISBN, page 265; reprinted 1999