skynn
Appearance
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).
Noun
[edit]skynn f (genitive singular skynney, no plural)
- knife
- Cha nel agh skynn voandagh aym. ― I only have a blunt knife.
- Heiy mee skynn ayn. ― I stuck a knife in him.
- Nee'n skynn vie ee? She. ― Is it the good knife? It is.
- Ren y chlagh jannoo y skynn moandagh. ― The stone took the edge off the knife.
- Vel oo jannoo ymmyd jeh'n skynn ayd? ― Are you using your knife?
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