scadán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scatán; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sgadan and Welsh ysgadan. All could be related to Old English sċeadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scadán m (genitive singular scadáin, nominative plural scadáin)

herring
(familiar) thin man

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

Derived terms

cnámh an scadáin (“herringbone”)
scadán beag (“sprat”)
scadán gainimh (“sand eel”)
scadán leasaithe (“kipper”)

Further reading

“scadán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scatán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scadán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgadan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

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