/sˠciən̪ˠ/, /ʃciən̪ˠ/, /ʃciːn̪ˠ/
OriginFrom Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”).
- feminineknife; knife-edged instrument; cleaver, chopper
- feminineedge, side
Formsscine(genitive, singular) · sceana(nominative, plural) · scian(indefinite, nominative, singular) · sceana(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a scian(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a sceana(indefinite, plural, vocative) · scine(genitive, indefinite, singular) · sceana(genitive, indefinite, plural) · scian(dative, indefinite, singular) · scin(archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular) · sceana(dative, indefinite, plural) · an scian(definite, nominative, singular) · na sceana(definite, nominative, plural) · na scine(definite, genitive, singular) · na sceana(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an scian(dative, definite, singular) · leis an scin(archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular) · don scian(dative, definite, singular) · don scin(archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular) · leis na sceana(dative, definite, plural)