scairt
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
scairt (comparative more scairt, superlative most scairt)
- Nonstandard form of scared.
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish scairt (“caul, omentum, midriff”).
Noun[edit]
scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteacha)
- caul, omentum, diaphragm
- Greadadh trí lár do scairt! ― May your insides be scorched!
- (plural only) lungs, lights
Declension[edit]
Declension of scairt
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish scairt (“cry, shout”).
Noun[edit]
scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteanna)
- shout, cry, call
- Synonym: glao
- fá scairt na gcoileach / le scairt an choiligh ― at cockcrow
- Only used in scairt ascaille
Declension[edit]
Declension of scairt
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish scairtid (“shouts, cries out”).
Verb[edit]
scairt (present analytic scairteann, future analytic scairtfidh, verbal noun scairteadh, past participle scairte)
- to shout, call, scream, cry aloud, shriek
- Scairt mé (amach) ag gáirí.
- I burst out laughing.
- (of the sun) to shine out, burst out shining, especially after a dark period
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of scairt (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms[edit]
- scairteach (“shouting”, adjective)
- scairteoir (“shouter”)
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 scairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 scairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scairtid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scairt; scairtim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 599
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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