sgeilp

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots skelf.

Noun

sgeilp f (genitive singular sgeilp, plural sgeilpichean)

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

References

  • 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. A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Edinburgh: John Grant (1925)