scamall

Irish
scamaill

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to Scam "lung". Breton Skañv "light" + skevent "lungs". Light in Russian means also "not heavy" + "lungs" like in English. Scamall = the light ones.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠkamˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

scamall m (genitive singular scamaill, nominative plural scamaill)

  1. (weather) cloud
    Synonym: néal
  2. web (between toes)

Declension
Declension of scamall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scamall scamaill
Vocative a scamaill a scamalla
Genitive scamaill scamall
Dative scamall scamaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an scamall na scamaill
Genitive an scamaill na scamall
Dative leis an scamall

don scamall

 leis na scamaill

Derived terms
  • scamallach (“cloudy, clouded; webbed, palmate”, adjective)
  • scamallacht f (“cloudiness”)
  • scamallach m (“web-footed bird, palmiped”)
  • scamallaigh (“cloud (over), mist, obscure”, verb)

Further reading
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