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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish side, from Old Irish síd (“fairy dwelling”). Cognates include Irish sí and Manx shee.
Pronunciation
Noun
sìth f
- fairy
- peace
- quietness, tranquility
Declension
Declension of sìth (class IIb feminine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| sìth |
shìth
after "an", t-sìth
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Colin Mark (2003) “sìth”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 529