scoth

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish scoth (flower, tuft).

Noun

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scoth f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)

  1. flower
  2. pick, choice
  3. tuft, bunch
  4. arrangement, style
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Yola: scoth

Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish scoth, from Old Irish scoth (point, edge).

Noun

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scoth f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)

  1. point, tip
  2. projection, ridge, splinter (of rock)
  3. reef
    Synonym: scairbh
  4. (in the plural) scree
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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skeHt- (to spring, to leap), compare the cognates listed at Latin scateo (to flow forth, bubble).

Noun

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scoth f

  1. flower, blossom
  2. lock, tress, tuft (of hair)
  3. flower, pick, choice, best part
  4. hero, noble one, scion
Inflection
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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative scothL scoithL scothaH
Vocative scothL scoithL scothaH
Accusative scoithN scoithL scothaH
Genitive scoitheH scothL scothN
Dative scoithL scothaib scothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (to cut).

Noun

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scoth f

  1. point, edge (of bladed weapon)
Inflection
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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative scothL scoithL scothaH
Vocative scothL scoithL scothaH
Accusative scoithN scoithL scothaH
Genitive scoitheH scothL scothN
Dative scoithL scothaib scothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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scoth f

  1. word, saying, speech
Inflection
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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative scothL scoithL scothaH
Vocative scothL scoithL scothaH
Accusative scoithN scoithL scothaH
Genitive scoitheH scothL scothN
Dative scoithL scothaib scothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Further reading

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Yola

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish scoth (pick, choice).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scoth

  1. The best of the flax; and hence a fine shirt is so termed.
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
      Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!
      Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!
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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66