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scuab

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish scúap, from Latin scōpa.[1] The verb is denominal from the noun.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scuab f (genitive singular scuaibe, nominative plural scuaba)

  1. besom, broom
  2. brush
  3. sheaf; armful, bundle

Declension

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Declension of scuab (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scuab scuaba
vocative a scuab a scuaba
genitive scuaibe scuab
dative scuab
scuaib (archaic, dialectal)
scuaba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scuab na scuaba
genitive na scuaibe na scuab
dative leis an scuab
leis an scuaib (archaic, dialectal)
don scuab
don scuaib (archaic, dialectal)
leis na scuaba

Derived terms

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Verb

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scuab (present analytic scuabann, future analytic scuabfaidh, verbal noun scuabadh, past participle scuabtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. sweep
  2. waft

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of scuab
radical lenition eclipsis
scuab not applicable not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scúap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scúapaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

Further reading

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