scaith

English

Etymology

Alternative form of scathe.

Noun

scaith (countable and uncountable, plural scaiths)

1. (Scotland) Injury; wound.
   • 1936, John Galt, William Roughead, The entail: or, The lairds of Grippy, page 314:

     Watty's a kind-hearted creature ; and ye may be sure that neither scaith nor scant will be alloo't to come near the wean while it stays in this house.

   • 2001, Joan Druett, She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea, →ISBN, page 48:

     Beg him to help her in her just suit at the Queen of England's hands, and that she may have some redress of her scaiths to the comfort of her poor husband and bairns.

   • 2008, Steven L. Akins, The Lebor Feasa Runda: A Druidic Grammar of Celtic Lore and Magic, →ISBN:

     And his sister said unto him, “Thou shouldst not blame the boat, dear brother, for ill was the deed thou hast done in killing the father of Lugh Lamhfada; and whatever scaith may come to thee from it, thou dost deserveth it.”

   • 2011, Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, →ISBN:

     We have had loss— ye have taken scaith.

Verb

scaith (third-person singular simple present scaiths, present participle scaithing, simple past and past participle scaithed)

1. (Scotland) To injure; to wound.
   • 1896, John Horne, A canny countryside, page 119:

     She has scaithed us most wickedly, an' I dinna think she should hev forgiveness.

   • 1940, Neil Harmon Swanson, The Silent Drum, page 159:

     Ye led him on tae tell ye how the greencoat scaithed him.

   • 1974, Clare Taylor, British and American abolitionists:

     He was a living argument on your side — a mind scaithed and a heart hardened by the curse of slavery.

Anagrams

• Chaits, chatis, sciath, tachis, taisch

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠkaiç/

Verb

scaith (present analytic scaitheann, future analytic scaithfidh, verbal noun scaitheadh, past participle scaite)

1. Ulster form of scoith (“to strip off, wean”)

Conjugation

conjugation of scaith (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	scaithim	scaitheann tú; scaithir†	scaitheann sé, sí	scaithimid	scaitheann sibh	scaitheann siad; scaithid†	a scaitheann; a scaitheas	scaitear
	past	scaith mé; scaitheas	scaith tú; scaithis	scaith sé, sí	scaitheamar; scaith muid	scaith sibh; scaitheabhair	scaith siad; scaitheadar	a scaith / ar scaith*	scaitheadh
	past habitual	scaithinn	scaiteá	scaitheadh sé, sí	scaithimis; scaitheadh muid	scaitheadh sibh	scaithidís; scaitheadh siad	a scaitheadh / a scaitheadh*	scaití
future		scaithfidh mé; scaithfead	scaithfidh tú; scaithfir†	scaithfidh sé, sí	scaithfimid; scaithfidh muid	scaithfidh sibh	scaithfidh siad; scaithfid†	a scaithfidh; a scaithfeas	scaithfear
conditional		scaithfinn	scaithfeá	scaithfeadh sé, sí	scaithfimis; scaithfeadh muid	scaithfeadh sibh	scaithfidís; scaithfeadh siad	a scaithfeadh / a scaithfeadh*	scaithfí
subjunctive	present	go scaithe mé; go scaithead†	go scaithe tú; go scaithir†	go scaithe sé, sí	go scaithimid; go scaithe muid	go scaithe sibh	go scaithe siad; go scaithid†	—	go scaitear
	past	dá scaithinn	dá scaiteá	dá scaitheadh sé, sí	dá scaithimis; dá scaitheadh muid	dá scaitheadh sibh	dá scaithidís; dá scaitheadh siad	—	dá scaití
imperative		scaithim	scaith	scaitheadh sé, sí	scaithimis	scaithigí; scaithidh†	scaithidís	—	scaitear
verbal noun		scaitheadh
past participle		scaite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form