scaa
Manx
Alternative forms
- skaa, skæ (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātom, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skeː/
Noun
scaa m (genitive singular scaa, plural scaaghyn)
- shield
- shadow, shade
- shyness, timidity
- cover, hood
- screen
- shadiness
- fence, fencing
- guise, pretence
- apparition, ghost
- a thin, meek or feeble person
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| scaa | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||