scaraid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠkaɾˠədʲ/

Verb

scaraid

  1. (Munster, archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scar

Old Irish

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Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *skarati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

    Cognate with Welsh ysgaru (“to separate”) and with Breton skarzh (“empty”); and via Indo-European with Old English sċieran (Modern English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin carō (“flesh”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”).

    Verb

    scaraid (conjunct ·scara, verbal noun scarad)

    1. to sever, tear asunder
    2. to part (with), separate (from) [with fri]
      For quotations using this term, see Citations:scaraid.
    3. to unfold, spread

    Conjugation

    Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f and é future, a subjunctive
    active passive
    singular plural singular plural
    1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    present indicative abs. scaraid scarait
    conj. ·scara
    rel. scaras scarde
    imperfect indicative ·scarinn, ·scaraind ·scarad
    preterite abs. scarais
    conj. ·scarus ·scar, ·scart ·scarsam ·scarsid ·scarsat; ·scarsatar (deponent)
    rel.
    perfect deut. ro·scar, ro·scart ro·scarsam rud·scarsid (with infixed pronoun d-) ro·scarsat
    prot.
    future abs. scérait
    conj. ·scairiub
    rel.
    conditional
    present subjunctive abs.
    conj. ·rascra (ro-form)
    rel.
    past subjunctive ·scarinn, ·scaraind ·scartha
    imperative scarad
    verbal noun scarad
    past participle
    verbal of necessity

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Irish: scar
    • Scottish Gaelic: sgar
    • Manx: scarr

    Further reading

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