sciurd
Irish
Alternative forms
- scíord, sciurdaigh
- sciúrd, sgiúrd (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Verb
sciurd (present analytic sciurdann, future analytic sciurdfaidh, verbal noun sciurdadh, past participle sciurdta)
- to scamper, scurry, scuttle
- Synonym: scinn
- to fly (travel very fast, hasten), sweep (travel quickly)
- to rush (flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)
Conjugation
conjugation of sciurd (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun | sciurdadh | |||||||
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past participle | sciurdta | |||||||
tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | ||||||||
present | sciurdaim | sciurdann tú; sciurdair† |
sciurdann sé, sí | sciurdaimid | sciurdann sibh | sciurdann siad; sciurdaid† |
a sciurdann; a sciurdas | sciurdtar |
past | sciurd mé; sciurdas | sciurd tú; sciurdais | sciurd sé, sí | sciurdamar; sciurd muid | sciurd sibh; sciurdabhair | sciurd siad; sciurdadar | a sciurd / ar sciurd* |
sciurdadh |
past habitual | sciurdainn | sciurdtá | sciurdadh sé, sí | sciurdaimis; sciurdadh muid | sciurdadh sibh | sciurdaidís; sciurdadh siad | a sciurdadh / a sciurdadh* |
sciurdtaí |
future | sciurdfaidh mé; sciurdfad |
sciurdfaidh tú; sciurdfair† |
sciurdfaidh sé, sí | sciurdfaimid; sciurdfaidh muid |
sciurdfaidh sibh | sciurdfaidh siad; sciurdfaid† |
a sciurdfaidh; a sciurdfas | sciurdfar |
conditional | sciurdfainn | sciurdfá | sciurdfadh sé, sí | sciurdfaimis; sciurdfadh muid | sciurdfadh sibh | sciurdfaidís; sciurdfadh siad | a sciurdfadh / a sciurdfadh* |
sciurdfaí |
subjunctive | ||||||||
present | go sciurda mé; go sciurdad† |
go sciurda tú; go sciurdair† |
go sciurda sé, sí | go sciurdaimid; go sciurda muid |
go sciurda sibh | go sciurda siad; go sciurdaid† |
— | go sciurdtar |
past | dá sciurdainn | dá sciurdtá | dá sciurdadh sé, sí | dá sciurdaimis; dá sciurdadh muid |
dá sciurdadh sibh | dá sciurdaidís; dá sciurdadh siad |
— | dá sciurdtaí |
imperative | ||||||||
– | sciurdaim | sciurd | sciurdadh sé, sí | sciurdaimis | sciurdaigí; sciurdaidh† |
sciurdaidís | — | sciurdtar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41
Further reading
- “sciurd”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scíordaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciurd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN