scíath

See also: sciath

Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *skētos (compare Breton skoed (“shield”)), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Compare Latin scūtum, Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).

Noun

scíath m or f

1. shield, buckler
2. (by extension) warrior
3. protection, defense, safeguard
4. protector, guardian

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: sciath
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiath

Noun

scíath m

1. wing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• scíathán

Descendants

• Irish: sciath
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiath

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language