scoith

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish scothaid, from scoth (point, edge (of weapon)), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (to cut).

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scoith (present analytic scoitheann, future analytic scoithfidh, verbal noun scoitheadh, past participle scoite)

  1. to strip off (to remove by stripping)
  2. to wean
  3. to cut off

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 56

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