scoil

Irish

Alternative forms

sgoil (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish scol^[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic sgoil), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). The sense “school of fish” is either a borrowing from Middle English scole, schole (in the relevant sense), from Middle Dutch scole (“swarm of animals”), from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”); or a semantic loan from English school under the mistaken assumption that the “group of fish” sense is etymologically identical to the “educational institution” sense.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˠkɔlʲ/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkɞlʲ/^[2]

Noun

scoil f (genitive singular scoile, nominative plural scoileanna or scolta)

school (educational institution)
(literary) school (followers of a particular doctrine)
(deliberative) assembly, body
shoal, school (of fish)
Synonyms: báire, ráth

Declension

Declension of scoil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scoil	scoileanna
Vocative	a scoil	a scoileanna
Genitive	scoile	scoileanna
Dative	scoil	scoileanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an scoil	na scoileanna
Genitive	na scoile	na scoileanna
Dative	leis an scoil don scoil	leis na scoileanna

Alternative plurals: scolta, scoileacha

Derived terms

ardscoil (“high school,”)
buachaill scoile (“schoolboy”)
bunscoil (“primary school”)
cailín scoile (“schoolgirl”)
ceolscoil (“music school”)
daonscoil (“folk school”)
Gaelscoil (“Irish-medium school”)
gairmscoil (“vocational school”)
leabhar scoile (“school-book”)
máistreás scoile f (“schoolmistress”)
mála scoile (“school-bag”)
meánscoil (“secondary school”)
múinteoir scoile (“school-teacher”)
naíscoil (“(Irish-language) nursery school”)
ollscoil (“university”)
páiste scoile (“school-child”)
pobalscoil (“community school”)
scoil cheartúcháin (“reformatory”)
scoil cheoil (“music school”)
scoil chois claí
scoil chónaithe (“boarding school”)
scoil chuimsitheach (“comprehensive school”)
scoil Domhnaigh (“Sunday school”)
scoil ghairid
scoil ghearr (“hedge-school”)
scoil ghramadaí (“grammar school”)
scoil lae (“day-school”)
scoil naíonán (“infant school”)
scoil oíche (“night-school”)
scoil saothair (“industrial school”)
scoil scairte
scoilcheantar (“school (catchment) area”)

Descendants

→⇒ Fingallian: sculloge

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scoil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“scoil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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