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scairt

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English

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Adjective

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scairt (comparative more scairt, superlative most scairt)

  1. Nonstandard form of scared.

Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish scairt (caul, omentum, midriff).

Noun

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scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteacha)

  1. caul, omentum, diaphragm
    Greadadh trí lár do scairt!May your insides be scorched!
  2. (plural only) lungs, lights
Declension
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Declension of scairt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scairt scairteacha
vocative a scairt a scairteacha
genitive scairte scairteacha
dative scairt scairteacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scairt na scairteacha
genitive na scairte na scairteacha
dative leis an scairt
don scairt
leis na scairteacha

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish scairt (cry, shout).

Noun

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scairt f (genitive singular scairte, nominative plural scairteanna)

  1. shout, cry, call
    Synonym: glao
    scairt na gcoileach / le scairt an choilighat cockcrow
  2. Only used in scairt ascaille
Declension
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Declension of scairt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scairt scairteanna
vocative a scairt a scairteanna
genitive scairte scairteanna
dative scairt scairteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scairt na scairteanna
genitive na scairte na scairteanna
dative leis an scairt
don scairt
leis na scairteanna

Etymology 3

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From Old Irish scairtid (shouts, cries out).

Verb

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scairt (present analytic scairteann, future analytic scairtfidh, verbal noun scairteadh, past participle scairte)

  1. to shout, call, scream, cry aloud, shriek
    Scairt mé (amach) ag gáirí.
    I burst out laughing.
  2. (of the sun) to shine out, burst out shining, especially after a dark period
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

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