sciurd

Irish

Alternative forms

  • scíord, sciurdaigh
  • sciúrd, sgiúrd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃcɨ̞ɾˠd̪/[1] (as if spelled sciord)

Verb

sciurd (present analytic sciurdann, future analytic sciurdfaidh, verbal noun sciurdadh, past participle sciurdta)

  1. to scamper, scurry, scuttle
    Synonym: scinn
  2. to fly (travel very fast, hasten), sweep (travel quickly)
  3. to rush (flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)

Conjugation

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41

Further reading

  • sciurd”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scíordaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 609
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciurd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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