scin

See also: scîn

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃcɪnʲ/

Noun

scin f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of scian

Latin

Etymology

A contraction of scīs (“you know”) (from sciō (“I know, understand”)) and -ne (interrogative enclitic).

Pronunciation

Contraction

scīn (scisne, scine)

  1. Do you know?

References

  • “scin”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Middle English

Noun

scin

  1. alternative form of skyn

Old English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃin/

Noun

sċin n

  1. a deceptive appearance or occurrence
  2. spirit, phantom

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːn/

Verb

sċīn

  1. second-person singular imperative of sċīnan

Old Saxon

Noun

scīn n

  1. alternative spelling of skīn
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