sgoil
Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sgoil f (genitive singular sgoile, nominative plural sgoileanna, sgoileacha or sgolta)
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish scol (compare Irish scoil), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sgoil f (genitive singular sgoile or sgoileadh, plural sgoiltean)
- school, seminary
- a’ dol don sgoil ― going to school
- education, learning, knowledge
- A bheil sgoil aige?
- Is he educated?
- (literally, “Has he education?”)
- Chan eil sgoil agam air.
- I have no knowledge of it.
- science, literature
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
Further reading
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