scadán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scatán; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sgadan and Welsh ysgadan.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkad̪ˠɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkad̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

scadán m (genitive singular scadáin, nominative plural scadáin)

herring

Declension

Declension of scadán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scadán	scadáin
Vocative	a scadáin	a scadána
Genitive	scadáin	scadán
Dative	scadán	scadáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an scadán	na scadáin
Genitive	an scadáin	na scadán
Dative	leis an scadán don scadán	leis na scadáin

Further reading

“scadán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “scatán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“scadán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page .

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