scáeth

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse skeið.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /skɤːθ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /skɯːh/

Noun

scáeth f (genitive scaíthe)

1. ship, fleet

Descendants

• Irish: scaoth
• Manx: skeih
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language