scaa

Manx

Alternative forms

  • skaa, skæ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɛː/

Noun

scaa m (genitive singular scaa, plural scaaghyn)

  1. shield
  2. shadow, shade
  3. shyness, timidity
  4. cover, hood
  5. screen
  6. shadiness
  7. fence, fencing
  8. guise, pretence
  9. apparition, ghost
  10. a thin, meek or feeble person

Mutation

Mutation of scaa
radical lenition eclipsis
scaa unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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