skynn

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).

Noun

skynn f (genitive singular skynney, no plural)

1. 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

• “scían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.