scaitheamh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • scathamh

Etymology

A variant form of scaitheadh (“cutting, lopping off”), from Middle Irish scothad, verbal noun of scothaid (“to cut, lop off”), from Middle Irish scoth (“point, edge”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”) (compare Lithuanian skùsti (“to shave”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

scaitheamh m (genitive singular scaithimh, nominative plural scaití)

  1. while, spell (indefinite period of time)

Declension

Declension of scaitheamh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scaitheamh scaití
vocative a scaithimh a scaití
genitive scaithimh scaití
dative scaitheamh scaití
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scaitheamh na scaití
genitive an scaithimh na scaití
dative leis an scaitheamh
don scaitheamh 		leis na scaití

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scatham”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

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