scaraid

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkaɾˠədʲ/

Verb

scaraid

1. (Munster, archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scar

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skarati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Cognate with Welsh ysgar (“separate”) and with Breton skarzh (“empty”) ; and via Indo-European with Old English sċieran (Modern English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskariðʲ/

Verb

scaraid (conjunct ·scara, verbal noun scarad)

1. to sever, tear asunder
2. to unfold, spread

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f and é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.			scaraid			scarait
	Conj.			·scara
	Rel.			scaras
Imperfect indicative		·scarinn		·scarad
Preterite	Abs.			scarais
	Conj.	·scarus		·scar, ·scart	·scarsam	·scarsid	·scarsat ·scarsatar (deponent)
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·scar, ro·scart	ro·scarsam	ro·scarsid	ro·scarsat
	Prot.
Future	Abs.			scérait
	Conj.	·scairiub
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.
	Rel.
Past subjunctive		·scaraind
Imperative
Verbal noun		scarad, scarthain
Past participle		scartha
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• con·scara
• do·scara
• etar·scara

Descendants

• Irish: scar
• Scottish Gaelic: sgar

Further reading

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