scall

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Icelandic skalli (“a bald head”), English scald.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skɔl/, /skɑl/

Noun

scall (countable and uncountable, plural scalls)

A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 13:30:
  It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.
(mining) Loose ground.

Derived terms

milk scall

Adjective

scall

Mean; wretched.

References

“scall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SCALL”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
“scall”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“scall”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

calls

Irish

Verb

scall (present analytic scallann, future analytic scallfaidh, verbal noun scalladh, past participle scallta)

(cooking) to poach

Conjugation

conjugation of scall (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	scallaim	scallann tú; scallair^†	scallann sé, sí	scallaimid	scallann sibh	scallann siad; scallaid^†	a scallann; a scallas	scalltar
	past	scall mé; scallas	scall tú; scallais	scall sé, sí	scallamar; scall muid	scall sibh; scallabhair	scall siad; scalladar	a scall / ar scall*	scalladh
	past habitual	scallainn	scalltá	scalladh sé, sí	scallaimis; scalladh muid	scalladh sibh	scallaidís; scalladh siad	a scalladh / a scalladh*	scalltaí
future		scallfaidh mé; scallfad	scallfaidh tú; scallfair^†	scallfaidh sé, sí	scallfaimid; scallfaidh muid	scallfaidh sibh	scallfaidh siad; scallfaid^†	a scallfaidh; a scallfas	scallfar
conditional		scallfainn	scallfá	scallfadh sé, sí	scallfaimis; scallfadh muid	scallfadh sibh	scallfaidís; scallfadh siad	a scallfadh / a scallfadh*	scallfaí
subjunctive	present	go scalla mé; go scallad^†	go scalla tú; go scallair^†	go scalla sé, sí	go scallaimid; go scalla muid	go scalla sibh	go scalla siad; go scallaid^†	—	go scalltar
subjunctive	past	dá scallainn	dá scalltá	dá scalladh sé, sí	dá scallaimis; dá scalladh muid	dá scalladh sibh	dá scallaidís; dá scalladh siad	—	dá scalltaí
imperative		scallaim	scall	scalladh sé, sí	scallaimis	scallaigí; scallaidh^†	scallaidís	—	scalltar
verbal noun		scalladh
past participle		scallta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

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