sciath – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of sciath

Noun: sciath

Gender: Fem

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativesciath
Singular Genitivescéithe
Plural Nominativesciatha
Plural Genitivesciath

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean sciath
Singular Genitivena scéithe
Plural Nominativena sciatha
Plural Genitivena sciath

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like sciath

sciath,

Etymology

From Old Irish scíath (“shield, buckler; protection, defence, safeguard”), from Proto-Celtic *skeitos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Breton skoed, Latin scūtum and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ). See: Latin Nouns 'scūtum'.

Verbs referencing "sciath"

English Nouns shield, English Nouns sciath.

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