sciathán

sciathán

See also: scíathán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈʃcɪhɑːn]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish scíathán, from scíath; synchronically, sciath (“wing”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

1. wing
2. side, extension; part, piece
3. (anatomy) arm

Synonyms

• eite
• eiteog

Derived terms

• faoi sciathán (“surreptitiously; under pretence of”)
• greim sciatháin (“arm-hold”)
• sciathán airm (“wing of army”)
• sciathán céarach (“waxwing”)
• sciathán foirgnimh (“wing of building”)
• sciathán leathair (“bat”)
• sciathán tobac (“bit (from plug) of tobacco”)

 

Etymology 2

From sciath (“wicker-work door or screen”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sciathán m (genitive singular sciatháin, nominative plural sciatháin)

1. wicker-work lid or panel

Derived terms

• sciathán feadhnaigh (“removable bottom of pannier(-basket)”)

Declension

Declension of sciathán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sciathán sciatháin Vocative a sciatháin a sciathána Genitive sciatháin sciathán Dative sciathán sciatháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sciathán na sciatháin Genitive an sciatháin na sciathán Dative leis an sciathán don sciathán leis na sciatháin

Further reading

• "sciathán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “scíathán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 233.