sciot

See also: Sciot

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

sciot m (genitive singular sciota, nominative plural sciotanna)

1. scut, bobbed tail; snippet

Declension

Declension of sciot (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sciot sciotanna vocative a sciot a sciotanna genitive sciota sciotanna dative sciot sciotanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sciot na sciotanna genitive an sciota na sciotanna dative leis an sciot don sciot leis na sciotanna

Verb

sciot (present analytic sciotann, future analytic sciotfaidh, verbal noun sciotadh, past participle sciota)

1. (transitive) snip, lop off
2. (transitive) prune
3. (transitive) clip, crop, bob

Conjugation

conjugation of sciot (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	sciotaim	sciotann tú; sciotair†	sciotann sé, sí	sciotaimid	sciotann sibh	sciotann siad; sciotaid†	a sciotann; a sciotas	sciotar
	past	sciot mé; sciotas	sciot tú; sciotais	sciot sé, sí	sciotamar; sciot muid	sciot sibh; sciotabhair	sciot siad; sciotadar	a sciot / ar sciot*	sciotadh
	past habitual	sciotainn	sciotá	sciotadh sé, sí	sciotaimis; sciotadh muid	sciotadh sibh	sciotaidís; sciotadh siad	a sciotadh / a sciotadh*	sciotaí
future		sciotfaidh mé; sciotfad	sciotfaidh tú; sciotfair†	sciotfaidh sé, sí	sciotfaimid; sciotfaidh muid	sciotfaidh sibh	sciotfaidh siad; sciotfaid†	a sciotfaidh; a sciotfas	sciotfar
conditional		sciotfainn	sciotfá	sciotfadh sé, sí	sciotfaimis; sciotfadh muid	sciotfadh sibh	sciotfaidís; sciotfadh siad	a sciotfadh / a sciotfadh*	sciotfaí
subjunctive	present	go sciota mé; go sciotad†	go sciota tú; go sciotair†	go sciota sé, sí	go sciotaimid; go sciota muid	go sciota sibh	go sciota siad; go sciotaid†	—	go sciotar
	past	dá sciotainn	dá sciotá	dá sciotadh sé, sí	dá sciotaimis; dá sciotadh muid	dá sciotadh sibh	dá sciotaidís; dá sciotadh siad	—	dá sciotaí
imperative		sciotaim	sciot	sciotadh sé, sí	sciotaimis	sciotaigí; sciotaidh†	sciotaidís	—	sciotar
verbal noun		sciotadh
past participle		sciota

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

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