scin
See also: scîn
Irish
Noun
scin f
Latin
Etymology
A contraction of scīs (from sciō (“I know, understand”)) and -ne (interrogative enclitic).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skiːn/, [s̠kiːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃin/, [ʃin]
Contraction
- Do you know?
References
- “scin”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Middle English
Noun
scin
- Alternative form of skyn
Old Saxon
Noun
scin n
- Alternative spelling of skin