# scíth
## Irish
### Etymology

The adjectival sense “tired” is older. In the sense “rest” it replaced scís. From Old Irish scíth (“tired”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sgìth (“tired”) and Breton skuizh (“tired”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃciː/

### Noun

scíth f (genitive singular scíthe, nominative plural scítheanna)
* rest (relief afforded by sleeping)
    Synonyms: sos, scís, scíste
    Cuir do scíth díot./​Déan do scíth./​Lig do scíth./​Tóg do scíth. ― Rest yourself.
    Glac scíth. ― Take a rest.
    Thug sé scíth dá chuid capall. ― He rested his horses.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
scíth
scítheanna
vocative
a scíth
a scítheanna
genitive
scíthe
scítheanna
dative
scíth
scítheanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an scíth
na scítheanna
genitive
na scíthe
na scítheanna
dative
leis an scíth don scíth
leis na scítheanna :

#### Derived terms

* lig do scíth
* scítheach

### Adjective

scíth (genitive singular masculine scíth, genitive singular feminine scíthe, plural scíthe, comparative scíthe)
* (literary) tired
    Synonyms: tuirseach, scítheach
* (literary) dejected, disheartened, dispirited, sad
    Synonyms: atuirseach, ceanníseal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scíth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scíṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 610
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scíth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “scíth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Old Irish
### Etymology

from Proto-Celtic *skītos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʲkʲiːθ/

### Adjective

scíth
* tired, weary
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 103$^b$4
    .i. neph-saithrach .i. ní bad scith ón etir ocfarnditin·i.e. non-laborious, i.e. that is, it would not have been weary at all in protecting you.
* wearisome (with copula and la (“to”))
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56$^d$15
    .i. is scith leu deicsin innafiriáni.e. it is wearisome to them to see the righteous.

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | scíth | scíth | scíth |
| Vocative | scíth | scíth | scíth |
| Accusative | scíth | scíth | scíth |
| Genitive | scíth | scíthe | scíth |
| Dative | scíth | scíth | scíth |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | scíth | scítha | scítha |
| Vocative | scíthu scítha† | scítha | scítha |
| Accusative | scíthu scítha† | scítha | scítha |
| Genitive | scíth | scíth | scíth |
| Dative | scíthaib | scíthaib | scíthaib |
| Notes | † not when substantivized | † not when substantivized | † not when substantivized |

#### Derived terms

* scís (“tiredness”)
* scíthaigidir (“to become tired”)

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: scíth
** Irish: scíth (“rest”)
** Manx: skee
** Scottish Gaelic: sgìth

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 166; reprinted 2017