scamall

== Irish == === Etymology === From a Hiberno-Latin diminutive of Latin squama (“animal scale”). The semantic evolution would be something like "scale" > "film, membrane" (whence also the meaning "webbing") > "eye occlusion" > "cloud". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsˠkamˠəl̪ˠ/ === Noun === scamall m (genitive singular scamaill, nominative plural scamaill) (weather) cloud Synonym: néal web (between toes) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scamall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “scamall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “scamall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026