sgeilp

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
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm. A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Edinburgh: John Grant (1925)
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