scéin

Irish

Alternative forms

  • scéan, sceon
  • sceun, sceón, sgéan, sgéin, sgeón, sgeun (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish scén.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠciːa̯n̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form scéan)

Noun

scéin f (genitive singular scéine)

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

Declension

Declension of scéin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative scéin
vocative a scéin
genitive scéine
dative scéin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an scéin
genitive na scéine
dative leis an scéin
don scéin

References

  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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 116, page 62

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 607
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scéan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 965; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sceoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 969; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN