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Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
sciurd (present analytic sciurdann, future analytic sciurdfaidh, verbal noun sciurdadh, past participle sciurdta)
- to scamper, scurry, scuttle
- Synonym: scinn
- to fly (travel very fast, hasten), sweep (travel quickly)
- to rush (flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
Further reading
- “sciurd”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scíordaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciurd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN