sgaoil

Irish

Verb

sgaoil (present analytic sgaoileann, future analytic sgaoilfidh, verbal noun sgaoileadh, past participle sgaoilte)

1. superseded spelling of scaoil

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪kɯːl/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scaílid (“to scatter, disperse”). Cognate with Irish scaoil and Manx skeaylley.

Verb

sgaoil (past sgaoil, future sgaoilidh, verbal noun sgaoileadh, past participle sgaoilte)

1. spread, scatter, disperse
2. release, untie, disentangle

Derived terms

• eadar-sgaoil (“intersperse”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

sgaoil m (genitive singular sgaoil, plural sgaoilean)

1. freedom, liberty

Derived terms

• leig mu sgaoil
• leig mu sgaoil e