Sgitheanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Unknown. First attested as Latin Scitis, Scetis, probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. Suggestions connecting it with sgiath (“wing”) or Old Norse ský (“cloud”) are almost certainly folk etymology. See Etymology of Skye for more.

Pronunciation

  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲihanəx/[1]
  • (South Uist, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲi.anəx/[2], /ˈs̪kʲi.anɔx/[3]
  • (Bracadale) IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲiə.anəx/[4], /ˈs̪kʲiaːnəx/ (corresponding to the form Sgiathanach)
  • (Trotternish) IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲiəhanəx/[4] (corresponding to the form Sgiathanach)
  • (Sleat) IPA(key): /ˈs̪kʲiaːɲəx/[4] (corresponding to the form Sgiathaineach)

Adjective

Sgitheanach

  1. from or pertaining to the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Derived terms

Noun

Sgitheanach m (genitive singular Sgitheanaich, plural Sgitheanaich)

  1. person from the Isle of Skye

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 28
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