sgreab

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Middle Irish screm f (“surface, skin, film”).

Noun[edit]

sgreab f (genitive singular sgreaba, plural sgreaban)

  1. scab, blotch
  2. mange
  3. the itch
  4. scurf
  5. anthrax
  6. crust
  7. thin layer or film of dirt, etc.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgreab”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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