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sciathán

uachtar an sciatháin

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Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠciəˈhɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/, /ʃciəˈhɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/^[1]; /ʃciːˈhɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/^[2]
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪhɑːn/^[3]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃciːɑːn/^[4]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scíathán,^[5] from scíath. By surface analysis, sciath (“wing”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

Synonyms

eite
eiteog
sciath (dated)

Derived terms

croscheann sciatháin (“wing spar”)
faoi sciathán (“surreptitiously; under pretence of”)
greim sciatháin (“arm-hold”)
sciathán airm (“wing of army”)
sciathán céarach (“waxwing”)
sciathán foirgnimh (“wing of building”)
sciathán leathair (“bat”)
sciathán tobac (“bit (from plug) of tobacco”)
sciathánach (“winged”)

Etymology 2

From sciath (“wicker-work door or screen”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

wickerwork lid or panel

Derived terms

sciathán feadhnaigh (“removable bottom of pannier(-basket)”)

Declension

Declension of sciathán (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sciathán	sciatháin
vocative	a sciatháin	a sciathána
genitive	sciatháin	sciathán
dative	sciathán	sciatháin

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an sciathán	na sciatháin
genitive	an sciatháin	na sciathán
dative	leis an sciathán don sciathán	leis na sciatháin

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 233
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 406, page 86
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

“sciathán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciathán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“sciathán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sciathán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sciaṫán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 608

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