sgoilear

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sgoláir, from Old Irish scoláir, scoláire (“scholar, pupil, student”), from Latin scholāris.

Pronunciation

Noun

sgoilear m (genitive singular sgoileir, plural sgoilearan)

  1. pupil, scholar, student, a learned person, disciple
    • deagh sgoilear, a good scholar

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgoilear”, 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
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