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Irish
Etymology
scáth + -ach
Adjective
scáthach (genitive singular masculine scáthaigh, genitive singular feminine scáthaí, plural scáthacha, comparative scáthaí)
- shady, shadowy
- Synonym: foscúil
Declension
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scáthach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 603
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scáthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scáthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scáthach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024