sgian
Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sgian f (genitive singular sgine, nominative plural sgeana)
Declension
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish scían,[1] from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sgian f (dative sgithinn, genitive sgeine or sgine or sgeineadh or sgithinn, plural sginean or sgeinean or sgeanan)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
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