scé

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats. Cognate to Welsh ysbyddad, Breton spezad, Cornish spethas.

Noun

scé f (genitive scïad)

1. whitethorn

Inflection

Feminine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	scé	scïaidL, scé	scïaid
Vocative	scé	scïaidL, scé	sceda
Accusative	scïaidN	scïaidL, scé	sceda
Genitive	scïad	scïad	scïadN
Dative	scïaidL, scíL	scedaib	scedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of scé

radical	lenition	nasalization
scé	scé	unchanged

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

Further reading

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