scoilt

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scoilt, from Proto-Celtic *skoltā (cleft, fissure), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to split, cut).[1] Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *kallī (forest, grove).[2][3]

Noun

scoilt f (genitive singular scoilte, nominative plural scoilteanna)

  1. split
    1. crack, cleavage, fissure
    2. parting
    3. breach of relations, rupture
    4. crease
Declension
Synonyms
  • scáineadh
Derived terms
  • scoilteán m ((small) crack, fissure; cleft object, cleft stick; potato set)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish scoiltid (splits, cleaves, divides).

Verb

scoilt (present analytic scoilteann, future analytic scoiltfidh, verbal noun scoilteadh, past participle scoilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) split
    1. break apart, crack, cleave
    2. part
    3. divide
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • scáin
Derived terms

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “skolta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 343
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
  3. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), scoilt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page sgoilt
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