sgeilp

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Scots skelf.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sgeilp f (genitive singular sgeilp, plural sgeilpichean)

  1. shelf or cliff of a rock
  2. shelf in a keeping place

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgeilp”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC