scían

See also: scian and ścian

Old Irish

Etymology

Originally disyllabic scïan. From Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut”).[1] According to some it is borrowed from Latin s(a)cēna (“sacrificial axe”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲiːa̯n]

Noun

scían f

  1. knife

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative scíanL scínL scénaH
vocative scíanL scínL scénaH
accusative scínN scínL scénaH
genitive scéineH, scine scíanL, scén scíanN, scén
dative scínL scénaib scénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: scian
  • → Old Welsh: *scien
    • Middle Welsh: ysgien
      • Welsh: ysgien

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “scian”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-42f.
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “secō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 254 fn. 121

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