sconsa

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sconnsa, sgonnsa, sgonsa (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From English sconce, from Middle Dutch schans.

Pronunciation

Noun

sconsa m (genitive singular sconsa, nominative plural sconsaí)

  1. sconce (small fort or other fortification)
  2. fence (barrier)
  3. drain, trench

Declension

Declension of sconsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sconsa sconsaí
vocative a sconsa a sconsaí
genitive sconsa sconsaí
dative sconsa sconsaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sconsa na sconsaí
genitive an sconsa na sconsaí
dative leis an sconsa
don sconsa 		leis na sconsaí

Descendants

  • → Yola: scunse

References

  1. ^ “sconsa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 238, page 87

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