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English
Etymology
From Irish sciath.
Noun
sciath (plural sciaths)
- (historical) An oblong shield of wickerwork once used in Ireland.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish scíath (“shield, buckler; protection, defence, safeguard”), from Proto-Celtic *skeitos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Breton skoed, Latin scūtum and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).
Noun
sciath f or m (genitive singular scéithe or scéith, nominative plural sciatha)
- shield
- protection, cover; protector
- protective screen
- (entomology, zoology) shield
- shield-shaped basket
- wicker-work door or screen
Declension
As feminine noun:
As masculine noun:
Derived terms
Verb
sciath (present analytic sciathann, future analytic sciathfaidh, verbal noun sciathadh, past participle sciata)
- (transitive, electrical engineering) screen
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Etymology 2
From Old Irish scíath (“wing”).
Noun
sciath m (genitive singular scéith, nominative plural sciatha)
- (literary) wing
Declension
Derived terms
- sciathán m (“wing; side, extension; part, piece; arm”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language