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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish scíathánach (“winged”), from scíathán (“wing”). By surface analysis, sciathán (“wing; arm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Manx skianagh).
Adjective
sciathánach (genitive singular masculine sciathánaigh, genitive singular feminine sciathánaí, plural sciathánacha, not comparable)
- winged (vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
- long-armed
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciathánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sciathánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sciathánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024