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Webster 1913 Edition

Scath

Scath

(skăth; 277)
,
Noun.
[Icel.
skaði
; akin to Dan.
skade
, Sw.
skada
, AS.
sceaða
,
scaða
, foe, injurer, OS.
skaðo
, D.
schade
, harm, injury, OHG.
scade
, G.
schade
,
schaden
; cf. Gr.
ἀσκηθήσ
unharmed. Cf.
Scathe
,
Verb.
]
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
[Written also
scathe
.]
But she was somedeal deaf, and that was
skathe
.
Chaucer.
Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest
scath
.
Spenser.
Wherein Rome hath done you any
scath
,
Let him make treble satisfaction.
Shakespeare
{

Scathe

(skāth; 277)
,

Scath

(skăth; 277)
, }
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scathed
(skāthd or skătht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scathing
(skāth′ĭng or skăth′-)
.]
[Icel.
skaða
; akin to AS.
sceaðan
,
sceððan
, Dan.
skade
, Sw.
skada
, D. & G.
schaden
, OHG.
scadōn
, Goth.
skaþjan
.]
To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
As when heaven’s fire
Hath
scathed
the forest oaks or mountain pines.
Milton.
Strokes of calamity that
scathe
and scorch the soul.
W. Irving.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scath

SCATH

,
Verb.
T.
To damage; to waste; to destroy. [Little used.]

SCATH

,
Noun.
Damage; injury; waste; harm. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

scáth

scáth

See also: scath

Irish

Noun

scáth m ‎(genitive singular scátha, nominative plural scáthanna)

  1. shadow, shade
    1. patch of shade
    2. covering, protection; shade, screen
    3. reflected image
    4. shade, phantom
    1. fear, dread
    2. bashfulness, timidity

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
scáth unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "scáth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “scáth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skātom, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-. Cognate with English shadow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaːθ/

Noun

scáth n

  1. shadow, shade
  2. reflection
  3. phantom, spectre
  4. protection

Declension

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative scáthN scáthN scáthL, scátha
Vocative scáthN scáthN scáthL, scátha
Accusative scáthN scáthN scáthL, scátha
Genitive scáithL scáth scáthN
Dative scáthL scáthaib scáthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “scáth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātom, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.

Pronunciation

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