scaitheamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• scathamh

Etymology

A variant form of scaitheadh (“cutting, lopping off”), from Middle Irish scothad, verbal noun of scothaid (“to cut, lop off”), from Middle Irish scoth (“point, edge”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”) (compare Lithuanian skùsti (“to shave”)).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /sˠka/

Noun

scaitheamh m (genitive singular scaithimh, nominative plural scaití)

1. while, spell (indefinite period of time)

Declension

Declension of scaitheamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scaitheamh scaití vocative a scaithimh a scaití genitive scaithimh scaití dative scaitheamh scaití forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scaitheamh na scaití genitive an scaithimh na scaití dative leis an scaitheamh don scaitheamh leis na scaití

Synonyms

• tamall

Related terms

• scoith

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scatham”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scaṫaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 603
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scaitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN