- sgiobalta
- clever, neat, Manx skibbylt, active, a skipping, Irish sgiobalta, active, spruce; also Gaelic sgioblaich, adjust the dress, etc., tidy up. Cf. Norse skipulag, order, arrangement, skipa, put in order, English ship shape. The Gadelic is borrowed.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.