scaip

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish scabaid.[2]

Verb

scaip (present analytic scaipeann, future analytic scaipfidh, verbal noun scaipeadh, past participle scaipthe) (ambitransitive)

  1. to disperse, scatter, spread, strew
  2. to broadcast (a story, rumor etc.), circulate, disseminate, promulgate, put about
  3. to disperse, dissipate, break up (of a crowd etc.)
  4. to dispel (drive away by scattering)
  5. to disperse, lift (of fog)
  6. to squander

Conjugation

conjugation of scaip (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun scaipeadh
past participle scaipthe
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present scaipim scaipeann tú;
scaipir† 		scaipeann sé, sí scaipimid scaipeann sibh scaipeann siad;
scaipid† 		a scaipeann; a scaipeas scaiptear
past scaip mé; scaipeas scaip tú; scaipis scaip sé, sí scaipeamar; scaip muid scaip sibh; scaipeabhair scaip siad; scaipeadar a scaip /
ar scaip* 		scaipeadh
past habitual scaipinn scaipteá scaipeadh sé, sí scaipimis; scaipeadh muid scaipeadh sibh scaipidís; scaipeadh siad a scaipeadh /
a scaipeadh* 		scaiptí
future scaipfidh mé;
scaipfead 		scaipfidh tú;
scaipfir† 		scaipfidh sé, sí scaipfimid;
scaipfidh muid 		scaipfidh sibh scaipfidh siad;
scaipfid† 		a scaipfidh; a scaipfeas scaipfear
conditional scaipfinn scaipfeá scaipfeadh sé, sí scaipfimis; scaipfeadh muid scaipfeadh sibh scaipfidís; scaipfeadh siad a scaipfeadh /
a scaipfeadh* 		scaipfí
subjunctive
present go scaipe mé;
go scaipead† 		go scaipe tú;
go scaipir† 		go scaipe sé, sí go scaipimid;
go scaipe muid 		go scaipe sibh go scaipe siad;
go scaipid† 		— go scaiptear
past dá scaipinn dá scaipteá dá scaipeadh sé, sí dá scaipimis;
dá scaipeadh muid 		dá scaipeadh sibh dá scaipidís;
dá scaipeadh siad 		— dá scaiptí
imperative
– scaipim scaip scaipeadh sé, sí scaipimis scaipigí;
scaipidh† 		scaipidís — scaiptear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Synonyms

  • (disperse, scatter, spread): leath
  • (squander): diomail
  • (broadcast, circulate, disseminate): craobhscaoil
  • (dispel): ruaig

Derived terms

  • scaipeach
  • scaipeacht
  • scaipeadh
  • scaipthe
  • scaiptheoir

References

  1. ^ “scaip”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaipid, scapaid, scabaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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