scoilt

Irish

From Old Irish scoilt,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).^[3] Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *kallī (“forest, grove”).^[4]^[5]

scoilt f (genitive singular scoilte, nominative plural scoilteanna)

Declension of scoilt (second declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an scoilt	na scoilteanna
genitive	na scoilte	na scoilteanna
dative	leis an scoilt don scoilt	leis na scoilteanna

From Old Irish scoiltid (“splits, cleaves, divides”).^[6]

scoilt (present analytic scoilteann, future analytic scoiltfidh, verbal noun scoilteadh, past participle scoilte)

conjugation of scoilt (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	scoiltim	scoilteann tú; scoiltir^†	scoilteann sé, sí	scoiltimid	scoilteann sibh	scoilteann siad; scoiltid^†	a scoilteann; a scoilteas	scoiltear
	past	scoilt mé; scoilteas	scoilt tú; scoiltis	scoilt sé, sí	scoilteamar; scoilt muid	scoilt sibh; scoilteabhair	scoilt siad; scoilteadar	a scoilt / ar scoilt*	scoilteadh
	past habitual	scoiltinn	scoilteá	scoilteadh sé, sí	scoiltimis; scoilteadh muid	scoilteadh sibh	scoiltidís; scoilteadh siad	a scoilteadh / a scoilteadh*	scoiltí
future		scoiltfidh mé; scoiltfead	scoiltfidh tú; scoiltfir^†	scoiltfidh sé, sí	scoiltfimid; scoiltfidh muid	scoiltfidh sibh	scoiltfidh siad; scoiltfid^†	a scoiltfidh; a scoiltfeas	scoiltfear
conditional		scoiltfinn	scoiltfeá	scoiltfeadh sé, sí	scoiltfimis; scoiltfeadh muid	scoiltfeadh sibh	scoiltfidís; scoiltfeadh siad	a scoiltfeadh / a scoiltfeadh*	scoiltfí
subjunctive	present	go scoilte mé; go scoiltead^†	go scoilte tú; go scoiltir^†	go scoilte sé, sí	go scoiltimid; go scoilte muid	go scoilte sibh	go scoilte siad; go scoiltid^†	—	go scoiltear
subjunctive	past	dá scoiltinn	dá scoilteá	dá scoilteadh sé, sí	dá scoiltimis; dá scoilteadh muid	dá scoilteadh sibh	dá scoiltidís; dá scoilteadh siad	—	dá scoiltí
imperative		scoiltim	scoilt	scoilteadh sé, sí	scoiltimis	scoiltigí; scoiltidh^†	scoiltidís	—	scoiltear
verbal noun		scoilteadh
past participle		scoilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 80
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoilt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skolta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2675”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “scoilt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page sgoilt
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scoiltid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language