Scáthach
See also: scáthach
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Scáthach
- (Irish mythology) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From scáthach (“shadowy”).
Proper noun edit
Scáthach f (genitive Scáthaí)
Declension edit
Declension of Scáthach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- Archaic genitive forms: Scáthaighe, Scáithche
Descendants edit
- → English: Scáthach
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Scáthach | not applicable | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Scáṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society