scaith

English

Etymology

Alternative form of scathe.

Noun

scaith (countable and uncountable, plural scaiths)

  1. (Scotland) Injury; wound.
    • 1936, John Galt, William Roughead, The entail: or, The lairds of Grippy, page 314:
      Watty's a kind-hearted creature ; and ye may be sure that neither scaith nor scant will be alloo't to come near the wean while it stays in this house.
    • 2001, Joan Druett, She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea, →ISBN, page 48:
      Beg him to help her in her just suit at the Queen of England's hands, and that she may have some redress of her scaiths to the comfort of her poor husband and bairns.
    • 2008, Steven L. Akins, The Lebor Feasa Runda: A Druidic Grammar of Celtic Lore and Magic, →ISBN:
      And his sister said unto him, “Thou shouldst not blame the boat, dear brother, for ill was the deed thou hast done in killing the father of Lugh Lamhfada; and whatever scaith may come to thee from it, thou dost deserveth it.”
    • 2011, Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, →ISBN:
      We have had loss— ye have taken scaith.

Verb

scaith (third-person singular simple present scaiths, present participle scaithing, simple past and past participle scaithed)

  1. (Scotland) To injure; to wound.
    Synonyms: damage, harm; see also Thesaurus:harm
    • 1896, John Horne, A canny countryside, page 119:
      She has scaithed us most wickedly, an' I dinna think she should hev forgiveness.
    • 1940, Neil Harmon Swanson, The Silent Drum, page 159:
      Ye led him on tae tell ye how the greencoat scaithed him.
    • 1974, Clare Taylor, British and American abolitionists:
      He was a living argument on your side — a mind scaithed and a heart hardened by the curse of slavery.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

scaith (present analytic scaitheann, future analytic scaithfidh, verbal noun scaitheadh, past participle scaite)

  1. Ulster form of scoith (“to strip off, wean”)

Conjugation

conjugation of scaith (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun scaitheadh
past participle scaite
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present scaithim scaitheann tú;
scaithir† 		scaitheann sé, sí scaithimid scaitheann sibh scaitheann siad;
scaithid† 		a scaitheann; a scaitheas scaitear
past scaith mé; scaitheas scaith tú; scaithis scaith sé, sí scaitheamar; scaith muid scaith sibh; scaitheabhair scaith siad; scaitheadar a scaith /
ar scaith* 		scaitheadh
past habitual scaithinn scaiteá scaitheadh sé, sí scaithimis; scaitheadh muid scaitheadh sibh scaithidís; scaitheadh siad a scaitheadh /
a scaitheadh* 		scaití
future scaithfidh mé;
scaithfead 		scaithfidh tú;
scaithfir† 		scaithfidh sé, sí scaithfimid;
scaithfidh muid 		scaithfidh sibh scaithfidh siad;
scaithfid† 		a scaithfidh; a scaithfeas scaithfear
conditional scaithfinn scaithfeá scaithfeadh sé, sí scaithfimis; scaithfeadh muid scaithfeadh sibh scaithfidís; scaithfeadh siad a scaithfeadh /
a scaithfeadh* 		scaithfí
subjunctive
present go scaithe mé;
go scaithead† 		go scaithe tú;
go scaithir† 		go scaithe sé, sí go scaithimid;
go scaithe muid 		go scaithe sibh go scaithe siad;
go scaithid† 		— go scaitear
past dá scaithinn dá scaiteá dá scaitheadh sé, sí dá scaithimis;
dá scaitheadh muid 		dá scaitheadh sibh dá scaithidís;
dá scaitheadh siad 		— dá scaití
imperative
– scaithim scaith scaitheadh sé, sí scaithimis scaithigí;
scaithidh† 		scaithidís — scaitear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 56
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