skianagh
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Etymology
From Old Irish scíathánach (“winged”), from scíathán (“wing”). By surface analysis, skian (“wing”) + -agh (adjectival suffix) (compare Irish sciathánach).
Adjective
skianagh
- winged, pinioned
- Antonym: neuskianagh
- finned, finny
Noun
skianagh m (genitive singular skianagh, plural skianee)
- winged creature, fowl
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíathánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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