Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish scaeth, from earlier scaí.
Pronunciation
Noun
scaoth f (genitive singular scaoithe, nominative plural scaotha)
- swarm
- flock of birds in flight
Declension
Declension of scaoth (second declension)
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Synonyms
Mutation
Mutated forms of scaoth
radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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scaoth
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not applicable
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scaoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language