TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scaob1, f. (gs. -oibe, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Scoop, scooped-up material; shovelful, forkful. ~ chréafóige, shovelful of clay. ~ aoiligh, forkful of manure. D’aon ~ amháin, at one scoop. Níl ~ thalún aige, he doesn’t own a sod of land. Go dté ~, na trí ~, air, till he is dead and buried.
scaob2, v.t. (vn. ~adh m, gs. & pp. ~tha). Scoop. Cré, gual, a ~adh, to scoop up earth, coal.