"scáth" meaning in Irish

See scáth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sˠkɑː/, /sˠkaː/
Etymology: From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|scáth}} Old Irish scáth, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*skātu}} Proto-Celtic *skātu, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|scátha|||||||nominative plural|scáthanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} scáth m (genitive singular scátha, nominative plural scáthanna), {{ga-noun|m|scátha|scáthanna}} scáth m (genitive singular scátha, nominative plural scáthanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: scátha [genitive, singular], scáthanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], scáth [indefinite, nominative, singular], scáthanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a scáth [indefinite, singular, vocative], a scáthanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], scátha [genitive, indefinite, singular], scáthanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], scáth [dative, indefinite, singular], scáthanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an scáth [definite, nominative, singular], na scáthanna [definite, nominative, plural], an scátha [definite, genitive, singular], na scáthanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an scáth [dative, definite, singular], don scáth [dative, definite, singular], leis na scáthanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], scáth [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], sgáth [alternative, obsolete]
  1. shadow, shade Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-scáth-ga-noun-SWG7D2EE Categories (other): Darkness Disambiguation of Darkness: 44 19 19 19
  2. umbrella (something that covers a wide range of concepts, ideas, etc.), mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-scáth-ga-noun-1Jf~WZ56 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Light Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 42 11 45 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 22 7 23 2 16 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 35 7 27 2 4 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 23 4 35 2 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Light: 19 38 19 23
  3. horror, dread Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-scáth-ga-noun-kHvaiGhg Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 42 11 45
  4. shyness, timidity Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-scáth-ga-noun-BbTUc~rw Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 42 11 45 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 22 7 23 2 16 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 23 4 35 2 2 31 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar scáth, scáth báistí, scáth fearthainne, scáth gréine, scáthach, scáthaigh, scáthán, scáthbhrat (english: awning), scáthcheil (english: to screen), scáthchruth 
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    {
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      "word": "scáth gréine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "scáthcheil"
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  "pos": "noun",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠkɑː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠkaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scáth"
}

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      "word": "scáthbhrat"
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          "timidity",
          "timidity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠkɑː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠkaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scáth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for scáth meaning in Irish (5.1kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: scáth/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "scáth"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "scáth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "scáth"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "scáth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "scáth"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "scáth",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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