sgian

Irish

Noun

sgian f (genitive singular sgine, nominative plural sgeana)

  1. obsolete spelling of scian

Declension

Declension of sgian (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sgian sgeana
vocative a sgian a sgeana
genitive sgine sgeana
dative sgian
sgin (archaic, dialectal) 		sgeana
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sgian na sgeana
genitive na sgine na sgeana
dative leis an sgian
leis an sgin (archaic, dialectal)
don sgian
don sgin (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na sgeana

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scían,[1] from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪kʲiən/[2][3], (unstressed) /s̪kʲən/

Noun

sgian f (dative sgithinn, genitive sgeine or sgine or sgeineadh or sgithinn, plural sginean or sgeinean or sgeanan)

  1. knife

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgian”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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