skianagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish scíathánach (“winged”), from scíathán (“wing”). By surface analysis, skian (“wing”) +‎ -agh (adjectival suffix) (compare Irish sciathánach).

Adjective

skianagh

1. winged, pinioned

   Antonym: neuskianagh

2. finned, finny

Noun

skianagh m (genitive singular skianagh, plural skianee)

1. winged creature, fowl

References

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