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sceith.

vomit

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃcɛ(h)//ʃcɛç/Ulster

  1. vomit

    feminine

  2. spawning, spawn

    feminine

  3. overflow

    feminine

  4. discharge

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish sceith, verbal noun of sceïd, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Welsh chwydu (“to vomit”) and English shit. The verb sceith is derived from the noun.

verb/ʃcɛ(h)//ʃcɛç/Ulster

  1. spew, vomit

    ambitransitive

  2. spawn

    ambitransitive

  3. overflow

    ambitransitive

  4. discharge

    ambitransitive

  5. give away, divulge, betray (a secret etc.)

    ambitransitive

  6. burst forth, burst into

    ambitransitive

  7. fray

    ambitransitive

  8. calve (of iceberg, etc.)

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish sceith, verbal noun of sceïd, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Welsh chwydu (“to vomit”) and English shit. The verb sceith is derived from the noun.

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