sconsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• sconnsa, sgonnsa, sgonsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From English sconce, from Middle Dutch schans.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkʌn̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

sconsa m (genitive singular sconsa, nominative plural sconsaí)

1. sconce (small fort or other fortification)
2. fence (barrier)

Declension

Declension of sconsa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sconsa sconsaí vocative a sconsa a sconsaí genitive sconsa sconsaí dative sconsa sconsaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sconsa na sconsaí genitive an sconsa na sconsaí dative leis an sconsa don sconsa leis na sconsaí

Further reading

• “sconsa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sconnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sconnsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 614
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sconsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 238, page 87