sìoda

See also: síoda

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish síta (whence Irish síoda, Manx sheeidey),[1] from Old English sīde (whence also Welsh sidan), from Latin saeta (“bristle”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiət̪ˠə/

Noun

sìoda m

  1. silk

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of sìoda
radical lenition
sìoda shìoda
after "an", t-sìoda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 129.2, page 209
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