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sgeallan

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish scellán (“pip, seed, fruit stone”),[1] a diminutive of scell (“grain, kernel”) +‎ -án.[2]

Noun

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sgeallan m (genitive singular sgeallain, plural sgeallanan)

  1. mustard (plant)

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgeallan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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