sceallán

Irish

Alternative forms

• scealtán, sciollán, sciolltán
• sgeallán, sgiollán (obsolete)

Etymology

From sceall +‎ -án.

Noun

sceallán m (genitive singular scealláin, nominative plural scealláin)

1. potato set (small tuber or bulb used instead of seed), seed potato
2. small potato
3. (literary) pip, seed, stone (of a fruit)

Declension

Declension of sceallán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sceallán scealláin vocative a scealláin a sceallána genitive scealláin sceallán dative sceallán scealláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sceallán na scealláin genitive an scealláin na sceallán dative leis an sceallán don sceallán leis na scealláin

Derived terms

• Ó Scealláin (surname)
  • → English: Scallan
  • → Yola: Scalaane, Scullaun, Scullaaun

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 605
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sciollán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sceallán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN