sceallán

Irish

Alternative forms
  • scealtán, sciollán, sciolltán
  • sgeallán, sgiollán (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From sceall +‎ -án.

Noun

sceallán m (genitive singular scealláin, nominative plural scealláin)

  1. potato set (small tuber or bulb used instead of seed), seed potato
  2. small potato
  3. (literary) pip, seed, stone (of a fruit)

Declension
Declension of sceallán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sceallán scealláin
Vocative a scealláin a sceallána
Genitive scealláin sceallán
Dative sceallán scealláin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sceallán na scealláin
Genitive an scealláin na sceallán
Dative leis an sceallán

don sceallán

 leis na scealláin

Derived terms
  • Ó Scealláin (surname)
    • → English: Scallan
    • → Yola: Scalaane

References
  1. “sceallán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading
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