Sgitheanach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. First attested as Latin Scitis, Scetis, probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. Suggestions connecting it with sgiath (“wing”) or Old Norse ský (“cloud”) are almost certainly folk etymology. See Etymology of Skye for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sgitheanach
Derived terms
[edit]- An t-Eilean Sgitheanach (“Skye”)
Noun
[edit]Sgitheanach m (genitive singular Sgitheanaich, plural Sgitheanaich)
- person from the Isle of Skye
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- Scottish Gaelic terms with unknown etymologies
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from substrate languages
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
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