sciathán

See also: scíathán

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scíathán,[5] from scíath. By surface analysis, sciath (“wing”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

  1. wing
  2. side, extension; part, piece
  3. (anatomy) arm
    Synonym: brac
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • croscheann sciatháin (“wing spar”)
  • faoi sciathán (“surreptitiously; under pretence of”)
  • greim sciatháin (“arm-hold”)
  • sciathán airm (“wing of army”)
  • sciathán céarach (“waxwing”)
  • sciathán foirgnimh (“wing of building”)
  • sciathán leathair (“bat”)
  • sciathán tobac (“bit (from plug) of tobacco”)
  • sciathánach (“winged”)

Etymology 2

From sciath (“wicker-work door or screen”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

  1. wickerwork lid or panel
Derived terms
  • sciathán feadhnaigh (“removable bottom of pannier(-basket)”)

Declension

Declension of sciathán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sciathán sciatháin
vocative a sciatháin a sciathána
genitive sciatháin sciathán
dative sciathán sciatháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sciathán na sciatháin
genitive an sciatháin na sciathán
dative leis an sciathán
don sciathán 		leis na sciatháin

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 233
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 406, page 86
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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