scéin

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish scén.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scéin f (genitive singular scéine)

  1. fright, terror, fear
    Synonyms: eagla, faitíos, scanradh, sceimhle, uamhan
  2. wild look

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ scéin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 116, page 62

Further reading

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