sgoilear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪kɔlɛɾ/

Noun

sgoilear m (genitive singular sgoileir, plural sgoilearan)

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

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
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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