scard

English

Noun

scard (plural scards)

1. (obsolete) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A shard or fragment.
   • 1911, Fredrik Arentz, Palæolithic Chronology:

     [page 17:] The so-called neolithic dagger […] as well as pottery scards are really palaeolithic, […] [page 23:] Fragments of pottery were only found in few places and as small scards. […] [page 235:] in this hearth some pottery scards occurred. […] [page 30:] Of pottery 22 scards of the oldest thick-walled vessels, […] [page 35:] in each place only one or two scards, […] .

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Cards, cadrs, cards

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

scard m (genitive singular scaird)

1. fright, terror

Declension

Declension of scard (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative scard vocative a scaird genitive scaird dative scard forms with the definite article case singular nominative an scard genitive an scaird dative leis an scard don scard

Alternative forms

• scaird f

Etymology 2

Noun

scard f (genitive singular scairde, nominative plural scardanna)

1. Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, jet, gush”)

Declension

Declension of scard (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scard scardanna vocative a scard a scardanna genitive scairde scardanna dative scard scardanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scard na scardanna genitive na scairde na scardanna dative leis an scard don scard leis na scardanna

Verb

scard (present analytic scardann, future analytic scardfaidh, verbal noun scardadh, past participle scardta)

1. (ambitransitive) Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, gush; pour rapidly”)

Conjugation

conjugation of scard (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	scardadh
past participle	scardta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	scardaim	scardann tú; scardair†	scardann sé, sí	scardaimid	scardann sibh	scardann siad; scardaid†	a scardann; a scardas	scardtar
past	scard mé; scardas	scard tú; scardais	scard sé, sí	scardamar; scard muid	scard sibh; scardabhair	scard siad; scardadar	a scard / ar scard*	scardadh
past habitual	scardainn	scardtá	scardadh sé, sí	scardaimis; scardadh muid	scardadh sibh	scardaidís; scardadh siad	a scardadh / a scardadh*	scardtaí
future	scardfaidh mé; scardfad	scardfaidh tú; scardfair†	scardfaidh sé, sí	scardfaimid; scardfaidh muid	scardfaidh sibh	scardfaidh siad; scardfaid†	a scardfaidh; a scardfas	scardfar
conditional	scardfainn	scardfá	scardfadh sé, sí	scardfaimis; scardfadh muid	scardfadh sibh	scardfaidís; scardfadh siad	a scardfadh / a scardfadh*	scardfaí
subjunctive
present	go scarda mé; go scardad†	go scarda tú; go scardair†	go scarda sé, sí	go scardaimid; go scarda muid	go scarda sibh	go scarda siad; go scardaid†	—	go scardtar
past	dá scardainn	dá scardtá	dá scardadh sé, sí	dá scardaimis; dá scardadh muid	dá scardadh sibh	dá scardaidís; dá scardadh siad	—	dá scardtaí
imperative
–	scardaim	scard	scardadh sé, sí	scardaimis	scardaigí; scardaidh†	scardaidís	—	scardtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Mutation

Mutated forms of scard

radical	lenition	eclipsis
scard	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN