sgiathach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish scíathach. By surface analysis, sgiath (“wing”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sgiathach (genitive singular masculine sgiathaich)
- winged, pertaining to or abounding in wings
- pertaining to or abounding in shields
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgiathach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scíathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language