skianagh
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish scíathánach (“winged”), from scíathán (“wing”). By surface analysis, skian (“wing”) + -agh (adjectival suffix) (compare Irish sciathánach).
Adjective
[edit]skianagh
- winged, pinioned
- Antonym: neuskianagh
- finned, finny
Noun
[edit]skianagh m (genitive singular skianagh, plural skianee)
- winged creature, fowl
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language