scaa
Manx edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scaa m (genitive singular scaa, plural scaaghyn)
- shield
- shadow, shade
- shyness, timidity
- cover, hood
- screen
- shadiness
- fence, fencing
- guise, pretence
- apparition, ghost
- a thin, meek or feeble person
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
scaa | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |