scaraid

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkaɾˠədʲ/

Verb

scaraid

1. (Munster, archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skarati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Cognate with Welsh ysgaru (“to separate”) and with Breton skarzh (“empty”); and via Indo-European with Old English sċieran (Modern English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskarɨðʲ]

Verb

scaraid (conjunct ·scara, verbal noun scarad)

1. to sever, tear asunder
2. to part (with), separate (from) (+ fri)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^b19

     Is súaichnid, manid·chretid esséirge Críst et mortuorum, níb·noíbfea for n-ires in chruth sin et níb·scara fri bar pecthu.

     It is obvious, unless you pl believe in the resurrection of Christ and the dead, your faith will not sanctify you in that way and does not separate you from your sins.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24^a4

     No·scarinn friu.

     I parted with them.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29^d8

     Ba méite limm ní scartha friumm.

     It would be important to me that you sg might not part from me.

3. to unfold, spread

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f and é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.			scaraid			scarait
	Conj.			·scara
	Rel.			scaras			scarde
Imperfect indicative		·scarinn, ·scaraind		·scarad
Preterite	Abs.			scarais
	Conj.	·scarus		·scar, ·scart	·scarsam	·scarsid	·scarsat; ·scarsatar (deponent)
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·scar, ro·scart	ro·scarsam	rud·scarsid (with infixed pronoun d-)	ro·scarsat
	Prot.
Future	Abs.			scérait
	Conj.	·scairiub
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.			·rascra (ro-form)
	Rel.
Past subjunctive		·scarinn, ·scaraind	·scartha
Imperative				scarad
Verbal noun		scarad
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• con·scara
• do·scara
• etar·scara
• imm·scara
• níb·scara

 

Descendants

• Irish: scar
• Scottish Gaelic: sgar
• Manx: scarr

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language