scairt

English

Adjective

scairt (comparative more scairt, superlative most scairt)

  1. Nonstandard form of scared.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠkaɾˠtʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish scairt (caul).[2]

Noun

scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteacha)

  1. caul, omentum, diaphragm
    Greadadh trí lár do scairt!May your insides be scorched!
  2. (plural only) lungs, lights
Declension
Declension of scairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scairt scairteacha
vocative a scairt a scairteacha
genitive scairte scairteacha
dative scairt scairteacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scairt na scairteacha
genitive na scairte na scairteacha
dative leis an scairt
don scairt
leis na scairteacha

Etymology 2

Noun

scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteanna)

  1. shout, cry, call
    Synonym: glao
    scairt na gcoileach / le scairt an choilighat cockcrow
  2. only used in scairt ascaille
Declension
Declension of scairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scairt scairteanna
vocative a scairt a scairteanna
genitive scairte scairteanna
dative scairt scairteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scairt na scairteanna
genitive na scairte na scairteanna
dative leis an scairt
don scairt
leis na scairteanna

Verb

scairt (present analytic scairteann, future analytic scairtfidh, verbal noun scairteadh, past participle scairte)

  1. to shout, call, scream, cry aloud, shriek
    Scairt mé (amach) ag gáirí.
    I burst out laughing.
  2. (of the sun) to shine out, burst out shining, especially after a dark period
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • scairteach (shouting, adjective)
  • scairteoir (shouter)

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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