scoith
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish scothaid,[2] from scoth (“point, edge (of weapon)”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).
Alternative forms
editVerb
editscoith (present analytic scoitheann, future analytic scoithfidh, verbal noun scoitheadh, past participle scoite)
Conjugation
editconjugation of scoith (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editscoith f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)
- Alternative form of scoth (“flower, choice”)
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 56
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scothaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ “scoith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scoṫaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 615
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scoith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN