sgoilear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic sgoláir, sgoláire (“scholar, pupil, student”), from Latin scholāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪kɔlɛɾ/

Noun

sgoilear m (genitive singular sgoileir, nominative 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], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC