# scoth
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˠkɔ(h)/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish scoth (“flower, tuft”).

#### Noun

scoth f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)
* flower
* pick, choice
* tuft, bunch
* arrangement, style

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
scoth
scothanna
vocative
a scoth
a scothanna
genitive
scotha
scothanna
dative
scoth
scothanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an scoth
na scothanna
genitive
na scotha
na scothanna
dative
leis an scoth don scoth
leis na scothanna :

##### Derived terms

* mínscoth (“knapweed”)
* scothán (“bush, bushy top; bushy tail”)
* scoth-aisteoir (“cinema-star”)

##### Descendants

* → Yola: scoth

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish scoth, from Old Irish scoth (“point, edge”).

#### Noun

scoth f (genitive singular scotha, nominative plural scothanna)
* point, tip
* projection, ridge, splinter (of rock)
* reef
    Synonym: scairbh
* (in the plural) scree

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
scoth
scothanna
vocative
a scoth
a scothanna
genitive
scotha
scothanna
dative
scoth
scothanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an scoth
na scothanna
genitive
na scotha
na scothanna
dative
leis an scoth don scoth
leis na scothanna :

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scoth ‘flower’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 scoth ‘point, edge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scoth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “scoth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skoθ/

### Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skeHt- (“to spring, to leap”), compare the cognates listed at Latin scateo (“to flow forth, bubble”).

#### Noun

scoth f
* flower, blossom
* lock, tress, tuft (of hair)
* flower, pick, choice, best part
* hero, noble one, scion

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Derived terms

* scothach

##### Descendants

* Irish: scoth

#### References

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgoth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).

#### Noun

scoth f
* point, edge (of bladed weapon)

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: scoth
** Irish: scoth
** ⇒ Middle Irish: scothaid (“to cut, lop off”)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

scoth f
* word, saying, speech

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scoth ‘flower’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 scoth ‘point, edge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 scoth ‘word, saying’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Yola
### Etymology

Borrowed from Irish scoth (“pick, choice”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɔh/

### Noun

scoth
* The best of the flax; and hence a fine shirt is so termed.
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!

#### Related terms

* shoorth (“shirt”)

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66