scailleagán

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːnˠ/, /ˈsˠkal̠ʲəɡɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

scailleagán m (genitive singular scailleagáin, nominative plural scailleagáin)

1. tall lean person
2. anything tall and slender

Declension

Declension of scailleagán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scailleagán scailleagáin vocative a scailleagáin a scailleagána genitive scailleagáin scailleagán dative scailleagán scailleagáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scailleagán na scailleagáin genitive an scailleagáin na scailleagán dative leis an scailleagán don scailleagán leis na scailleagáin

Descendants

• → Yola: skunnaan

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scailleagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN