sciath
See also: scíath
English
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃciə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish scíath (“shield, buckler; protection, defence, safeguard”), from Proto-Celtic *skētos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Breton skoed, Latin scūtum and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).
Noun
sciath f or m (genitive singular scéithe or scéith, nominative plural sciatha)
- shield
- protection, cover; protector
- protective screen
- (entomology, zoology) shield
- shield-shaped basket
- wicker-work door or screen
Declension
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Derived terms
- barr scéithe (“chief”)
- bocóid scéithe (“boss of shield”)
- buaileam sciath (“braggadoccio”)
- cabhradh scéithe (“boss of shield”)
- círín scéithe (“crest of shield”)
- droim scéithe (“back, convex side of shield”)
- iris scéithe (“strap of shield”)
- lámh na scéithe (“the left hand”)
- léibheann sciath (“wall of shields, testudo”)
- sceallbholg sciath (“testudo”)
- sceimheal scéithe (“flange of shield”)
- scéithín
- sciath armais f (“armorial shield”)
- sciath chocháin f (“screen made of straw ropes”)
- sciath chosanta f (“protective shield”)
- sciath thine f (“fire-screen”)
- sciath truicir (“trigger-guard”)
- sciathach (“having, bearing, shield(s)”, adjective)
- sciathach (“left-handed”, adjective)
- sciathán m (“wicker-work lid or panel”)
- sciathbholcán m (“shield volcano”)
- sciathbhrat m (“screen”)
- sciathchill f (“guard-cell”)
- sciathchlár m (“baffle-board”)
- sciathdhorn m (“basket-hilt”)
- sciathfháinne m (“guard-ring”)
- sciathghreille f (“screen-grid”)
- sciathlúireach f (“breastplate”)
- sciathóg f (“shield-shaped basket”)
- sciathrach f (“shield-strap”)
- sciathshúileach (“wall-eyed”, adjective)
- seolán sciata (“screened lead”)
- tul scéithe (“boss of shield”)
- úll scéithe (“boss of shield”)
Verb
sciath (present analytic sciathann, future analytic sciathfaidh, verbal noun sciathadh, past participle sciata)
- (transitive, electrical engineering) screen
Conjugation
conjugation of sciath (first conjugation – A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | sciathaim | sciathann tú; sciathair† |
sciathann sé, sí | sciathaimid | sciathann sibh | sciathann siad; sciathaid† |
a sciathann; a sciathas | sciatar |
| past | sciath mé; sciathas | sciath tú; sciathais | sciath sé, sí | sciathamar; sciath muid | sciath sibh; sciathabhair | sciath siad; sciathadar | a sciath / ar sciath* |
sciathadh | |
| past habitual | sciathainn | sciatá | sciathadh sé, sí | sciathaimis; sciathadh muid | sciathadh sibh | sciathaidís; sciathadh siad | a sciathadh / a sciathadh* |
sciataí | |
| future | sciathfaidh mé; sciathfad |
sciathfaidh tú; sciathfair† |
sciathfaidh sé, sí | sciathfaimid; sciathfaidh muid |
sciathfaidh sibh | sciathfaidh siad; sciathfaid† |
a sciathfaidh; a sciathfas | sciathfar | |
| conditional | sciathfainn | sciathfá | sciathfadh sé, sí | sciathfaimis; sciathfadh muid | sciathfadh sibh | sciathfaidís; sciathfadh siad | a sciathfadh / a sciathfadh* |
sciathfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go sciatha mé; go sciathad† |
go sciatha tú; go sciathair† |
go sciatha sé, sí | go sciathaimid; go sciatha muid |
go sciatha sibh | go sciatha siad; go sciathaid† |
— | go sciatar |
| past | dá sciathainn | dá sciatá | dá sciathadh sé, sí | dá sciathaimis; dá sciathadh muid |
dá sciathadh sibh | dá sciathaidís; dá sciathadh siad |
— | dá sciataí | |
| imperative | sciathaim | sciath | sciathadh sé, sí | sciathaimis | sciathaigí; sciathaidh† |
sciathaidís | — | sciatar | |
| verbal noun | sciathadh | ||||||||
| past participle | sciata | ||||||||
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Declension
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Derived terms
- sciathán m (“wing; side, extension; part, piece; arm”)
Related terms
- sciathánach (“winged; long-armed”, adjective)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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