# scinn
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* sceinn (superseded)
* sgeinn, sginn (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Irish sceindid, from Proto-Celtic *skanndeti (whence Welsh ysgain), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”) (whence Sanskrit स्कन्द् (skand, “to jump, leap”), Latin scandō (“to ascend, mount”).

### Verb

scinn (present analytic scinneann, future analytic scinnfidh, verbal noun scinneadh, past participle scinnte) (intransitive)
* to spring (forth), gush (forth)
* to start (jerk suddenly in surprise), shy (jump back in fear)
* to dart (fly or pass swiftly), fly off, fly out, dash, shoot (move very quickly and suddenly), scurry
* to depart suddenly, vanish [with ó ‘from’]
    scinn chun siúil ― to rush off
* to escape [with ó ‘from’]
    Scinn an focal uaim.The word escaped my lips.
* to glance (strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside), glance off [with de]
* to graze (rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing) [with de]
* to skim (glide along near the surface)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | scinnim | scinneann tú; scinnir$^†$ | scinneann sé, sí | scinnimid | scinneann sibh | scinneann siad; scinnid$^†$ | a scinneann; a scinneas | scinntear |
| indicative | past | scinn mé; scinneas | scinn tú; scinnis | scinn sé, sí | scinneamar; scinn muid | scinn sibh; scinneabhair | scinn siad; scinneadar | a scinn / ar scinn* | scinneadh |
| indicative | past habitual | scinninn | scinnteá | scinneadh sé, sí | scinnimis; scinneadh muid | scinneadh sibh | scinnidís; scinneadh siad | a scinneadh / a scinneadh* | scinntí |
| future | future | scinnfidh mé; scinnfead | scinnfidh tú; scinnfir$^†$ | scinnfidh sé, sí | scinnfimid; scinnfidh muid | scinnfidh sibh | scinnfidh siad; scinnfid$^†$ | a scinnfidh; a scinnfeas | scinnfear |
| conditional | conditional | scinnfinn | scinnfeá | scinnfeadh sé, sí | scinnfimis; scinnfeadh muid | scinnfeadh sibh | scinnfidís; scinnfeadh siad | a scinnfeadh / a scinnfeadh* | scinnfí |
| subjunctive | present | go scinne mé; go scinnead$^†$ | go scinne tú; go scinnir$^†$ | go scinne sé, sí | go scinnimid; go scinne muid | go scinne sibh | go scinne siad; go scinnid$^†$ | — | go scinntear |
| subjunctive | past | dá scinninn | dá scinnteá | dá scinneadh sé, sí | dá scinnimis; dá scinneadh muid | dá scinneadh sibh | dá scinnidís; dá scinneadh siad | — | dá scinntí |
| imperative | imperative | scinnim | scinn | scinneadh sé, sí | scinnimis | scinnigí; scinnidh$^†$ | scinnidís | — | scinntear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh | scinneadh |
| past participle | past participle | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte | scinnte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form
Alternative verbal noun: sceinm

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sceinnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skan-n-d-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 339–40

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceinnim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 607
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN