scoil

Irish

Alternative forms

sgoil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish scol (compare Scottish Gaelic sgoil), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˠkɛlʲ/

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

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

Terms derived from scoil

ardscoil (“high school, secondary school”)
buachaill scoile (“schoolboy”)
bunscoil (“primary school, elementary school”)
cailín scoile (“schoolgirl”)
ceolscoil, scoil cheoil (“music school”)
daonscoil (“folk school”)
gairmscoil (“vocational school”)
leabhar scoile (“school-book”)
máistreás scoile f (“schoolmistress”)
mála scoile (“school-bag”)

meánscoil (“secondary school, academy, college”)
naíscoil (“(Irish-language) nursery school”)
ollscoil (“university”)
páiste scoile (“school-child”)
pobalscoil (“community school”)
scoil cheartúcháin (“reformatory”)
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

Further reading

"scoil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 scol” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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