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scoith

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish scothaid,[2] from scoth (point, edge (of weapon)), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (to cut).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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scoith (present analytic scoitheann, future analytic scoithfidh, verbal noun scoitheadh, past participle scoite)

  1. to strip off (to remove by stripping)
  2. to wean
  3. to cut off
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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scoith f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)

  1. Alternative form of scoth (flower, choice)

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 56
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scothaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ scoith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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