scileach

Irish

Alternative forms

• sciollach

Etymology

scil +‎ -ach

Noun

scileach m (genitive singular sciligh)

1. flaked rock; rock inclined to crumble
2. scree
3. brittle black turf (cut from rock surface)
4. shelled husks (of grain, etc.)

Declension

Declension of scileach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative scileach Vocative a sciligh Genitive sciligh Dative scileach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an scileach Genitive an sciligh Dative leis an scileach don scileach

Descendants

• → Fingallian: sculloge (via sciollach)

Further reading

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