sciorta

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish scirta (“skirt, garment”), from Old Norse skyrta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sciorta m (genitive singular sciorta, nominative plural sciortaí)

skirt
1. edge, border
marginal portion; strip, piece, patch

Declension

Declension of sciorta (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	sciorta	sciortaí
vocative	a sciorta	a sciortaí
genitive	sciorta	sciortaí
dative	sciorta	sciortaí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an sciorta	na sciortaí
genitive	an sciorta	na sciortaí
dative	leis an sciorta don sciorta	leis na sciortaí

Derived terms

clár sciorta m (“skirting-board”)
fosciorta (“underskirt”)
sciorta bolgach (“puffball skirt”)
sciortáil (“skirt”, verb)
sciortán m (“edge, border; coverlet”)
triús-sciorta (“pantskirt”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scirta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sciorta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“sciorta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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