Scáthach

See also: scáthach

English

Etymology

From Irish Scáthach.

Proper noun

Scáthach

1. (Irish mythology) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

Irish

Etymology

From scáthach (“shadowy”).

Proper noun

Scáthach f (genitive Scáthaí)

1. (Irish mythology) Scáthach

Declension

Declension of Scáthach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Scáthach vocative a Scáthach genitive Scáthaí dative Scáthach Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Scáthach genitive na Scáthaí dative leis an Scáthach leis an Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal) don Scáthach don Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

• Archaic genitive forms: Scáthaighe, Scáithche

Descendants

• → English: Scáthach

Mutation

Mutated forms of Scáthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Scáthach	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Scáṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society