Scáthach

See also: scáthach

English

Etymology

From Irish Scáthach.

Proper noun

Scáthach

1. (Irish mythology) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

Irish

Etymology

From scáthach (“shadowy”).

Proper noun

Scáthach f (genitive Scáthaí)

1. (Irish mythology) Scáthach

Declension

Declension of Scáthach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Scáthach Vocative a Scáthach Genitive Scáthaí Dative Scáthach Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Scáthach Genitive na Scáthaí Dative leis an Scáthach leis an Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal) don Scáthach don Scáthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

• Archaic genitive forms: Scáthaighe, Scáithche

Descendants

• → English: Scáthach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Scáthach	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Scáṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society