skee
English
Noun
skee (plural skees)
- Obsolete form of ski.
Verb
skee (third-person singular simple present skees, present participle skeeing, simple past and past participle skeed)
- Obsolete form of ski.
See also
Anagrams
Manx
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʲiː/
Adjective
skee
Antonyms
- neuskee
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| skee | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skiː/
Noun
skee
- sky
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
- Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.
- Our eyes would be dazzled to look up to the sky.
Related terms
- skir (verb)
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67