Sgitheanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Unknown. First attested as Latin Scitis, Scetis, probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. Suggestions connecting it with sgiath (“wing”) or Old Norse ský (“cloud”) are almost certainly folk etymology. See Etymology of Skye for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲi.anəx/, /ˈs̪kʲihanəx/

Adjective

Sgitheanach

  1. from or pertaining to the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Derived terms

Noun

Sgitheanach m (genitive singular Sgitheanaich, plural Sgitheanaich)

  1. person from the Isle of Skye
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.