sgiathach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scíathach. By surface analysis, sgiath (“wing”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʲiəhəx/

Adjective

sgiathach (genitive singular masculine sgiathaich)

1. winged, pertaining to or abounding in wings
2. pertaining to or abounding in shields

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgiathach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language