# scard
## English
### Noun

scard (plural scards)
* (obsolete) (Can we verify this sense?) A shard or fragment.
** 1911, Fredrik Arentz, Palæolithic Chronology:[page 17:] The so-called neolithic dagger […] as well as pottery scards are really palaeolithic, […] [page 23:] Fragments of pottery were only found in few places and as small scards. […] [page 235:] in this hearth some pottery scards occurred. […] [page 30:] Of pottery 22 scards of the oldest thick-walled vessels, […] [page 35:] in each place only one or two scards, […] .
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “scard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* Cards, cadrs, cards

## Irish
### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

scard m (genitive singular scaird)
* fright, terror

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
scard
vocative
a scaird
genitive
scaird
dative
scard
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an scard
genitive
an scaird
dative
leis an scard don scard :

##### Alternative forms

* scaird f

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

scard f (genitive singular scairde, nominative plural scardanna)
* Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, jet, gush”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
scard
scardanna
vocative
a scard
a scardanna
genitive
scairde
scardanna
dative
scard
scardanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an scard
na scardanna
genitive
na scairde
na scardanna
dative
leis an scard don scard
leis na scardanna :

#### Verb

scard (present analytic scardann, future analytic scardfaidh, verbal noun scardadh, past participle scardta)
* (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, gush; pour rapidly”)

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | scardaim | scardann tú; scardair$^†$ | scardann sé, sí | scardaimid | scardann sibh | scardann siad; scardaid$^†$ | a scardann; a scardas | scardtar |
| indicative | past | scard mé; scardas | scard tú; scardais | scard sé, sí | scardamar; scard muid | scard sibh; scardabhair | scard siad; scardadar | a scard / ar scard* | scardadh |
| indicative | past habitual | scardainn | scardtá | scardadh sé, sí | scardaimis; scardadh muid | scardadh sibh | scardaidís; scardadh siad | a scardadh / a scardadh* | scardtaí |
| future | future | scardfaidh mé; scardfad | scardfaidh tú; scardfair$^†$ | scardfaidh sé, sí | scardfaimid; scardfaidh muid | scardfaidh sibh | scardfaidh siad; scardfaid$^†$ | a scardfaidh; a scardfas | scardfar |
| conditional | conditional | scardfainn | scardfá | scardfadh sé, sí | scardfaimis; scardfadh muid | scardfadh sibh | scardfaidís; scardfadh siad | a scardfadh / a scardfadh* | scardfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go scarda mé; go scardad$^†$ | go scarda tú; go scardair$^†$ | go scarda sé, sí | go scardaimid; go scarda muid | go scarda sibh | go scarda siad; go scardaid$^†$ | — | go scardtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá scardainn | dá scardtá | dá scardadh sé, sí | dá scardaimis; dá scardadh muid | dá scardadh sibh | dá scardaidís; dá scardadh siad | — | dá scardtaí |
| imperative | imperative | scardaim | scard | scardadh sé, sí | scardaimis | scardaigí; scardaidh$^†$ | scardaidís | — | scardtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh | scardadh |
| past participle | past participle | scardta | scardta | scardta | scardta | scardta | scardta | scardta | scardta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN