scag

English

Alternative forms

• skag

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

scag (countable and uncountable; plural scags)

1. (slang, uncountable) heroin
2. (slang, countable, pejorative) A woman of loose morals.

Verb

scag (third-person singular simple present scags, present participle scagging, simple past and past participle scagged)

1. (computing) To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the filesystem or by causing media damage.

   "That last power hit scagged the system disk."

Anagrams

• cags

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scacaid (“strains, filters, sifts, purifies”), from Old Norse.

Verb

scag (present analytic scagann, future analytic scagfaidh, verbal noun scagadh, past participle scagtha)

1. to strain, filter
2. to drain off
3. to refine
4. to sift
5. to derive, spring (from source)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	scagaim	scagann tú; scagair†	scagann sé, sí	scagaimid	scagann sibh	scagann siad; scagaid†	scagtar
	past	scag mé; scagas†	scag tú; scagais†	scag sé, sí	scagamar	scag sibh; scagabhair†	scag siad; scagadar†	scagadh
	future	scagfaidh mé; scagfad†	scagfaidh tú; scagfair†	scagfaidh sé, sí	scagfaimid; scagfam†	scagfaidh sibh	scagfaidh siad; scagfaid†	scagfar
	past habitual	scagainn	scagtá	scagadh sé, sí	scagaimis	scagadh sibh	scagaidís	scagtaí
imperative		scagaim	scag	scagadh sé, sí	scagaimis	scagaigí	scagaidís	scagtar
conditional		scagfainn	scagfá	scagfadh sé, sí	scagfaimis	scagfadh sibh	scagfaidís	scagfaí
subjunctive	present	scaga mé; scagad†	scaga tú; scagair†	scaga sé, sí	scagaimid	scaga sibh	scaga siad; scagaid†	scagtar
	past	scagainn	scagtá	scagadh sé, sí	scagaimis	scagadh sibh	scagaidís	scagtaí
verbal noun		scagadh
past participle		scagtha

† Dialect form

Derived terms

• scagach
• scagacht
• scagadh
• scagaire
• scagáit
• scagbhealach
• scagbheathóir
• scagdhealaigh
• scagfhiaclach
• scaglann
• scagpháipéar
• scagtha