scíath
See also: sciath
Old Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *skētos (compare Breton skoed (“shield”)), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Compare Latin scūtum, Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).[1][2]
Noun edit
scíath m or f
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | scíath | scíathL | scéithL |
| Vocative | scéith | scíathL | scíathuH |
| Accusative | scíathN | scíathL | scíathuH |
| Genitive | scéithL | scíath | scíathN |
| Dative | scíathL | scíathaib | scíathaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
The final th (/θ/) was modified from d (/ð/) sometime in the prehistory of Old Irish under the influence of scíath (“shield”) above. From Proto-Celtic *skēdos (“wing, shoulder”). Cognate with Welsh ysgwydd (“shoulder”), Breton skoaz (“shoulder”), and Cornish skoodh (“shoulder”)[3][4]
Noun edit
scíath m
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | scíath | scíathL | scéithL |
| Vocative | scéith | scíathL | scíathuH |
| Accusative | scíathN | scíathL | scíathuH |
| Genitive | scéithL | scíath | scíathN |
| Dative | scíathL | scíathaib | scíathaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*scēto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “1 scíath”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-43
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*scēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “2 scíath”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pages S-43-44
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language