scadán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scatán; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sgadan and Welsh ysgadan. All could be related to Old English sċeadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkad̪ˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkad̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

scadán m (genitive singular scadáin, nominative plural scadáin)

1. herring
2. (familiar) thin man

Declension

Declension of scadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scadán scadáin Vocative a scadáin a scadána Genitive scadáin scadán Dative scadán scadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an scadán na scadáin Genitive an scadáin na scadán Dative leis an scadán don scadán leis na scadáin

Derived terms

• cnámh an scadáin (“herringbone”)
• scadán beag (“sprat”)
• scadán gainimh (“sand eel”)
• scadán leasaithe (“kipper”)

Further reading

• “scadán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scatán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scadán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgadan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21