scaoth in Irish

IPA: /sˠkeːh/ [Munster], /sˠkiː/ [Connacht, Ulster] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish scaeth, from earlier scaí. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|scaeth}} Middle Irish scaeth Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|scaoithe|||||||nominative plural|scaotha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} scaoth f (genitive singular scaoithe, nominative plural scaotha), {{ga-noun|f|scaoithe|scaotha}} scaoth f (genitive singular scaoithe, nominative plural scaotha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: scaoithe [genitive, singular], scaotha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], scaoth [indefinite, nominative, singular], scaotha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a scaoth [indefinite, singular, vocative], a scaotha [indefinite, plural, vocative], scaoithe [genitive, indefinite, singular], scaoth [genitive, indefinite, plural], scaoth [dative, indefinite, singular], scaotha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an scaoth [definite, nominative, singular], na scaotha [definite, nominative, plural], na scaoithe [definite, genitive, singular], na scaoth [definite, genitive, plural], leis an scaoth [dative, definite, singular], don scaoth [dative, definite, singular], leis na scaotha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], scaoth [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], sgaoi [alternative]

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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scaotha",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a scaoth",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "a scaotha",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scaotha",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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      "form": "leis an scaoth",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "don scaoth",
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      "form": "scaoth",
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      "form": "sgaoi",
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          "word": "saithe"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "of people",
          "word": "slua"
        }
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        "flock of birds in flight"
      ],
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          "word": "ealta"
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      "ipa": "/sˠkeːh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sˠkiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "na scaoithe",
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      "form": "leis an scaoth",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "of people",
      "word": "slua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scaoth"
}

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"scaoth" meaning in Irish

Noun