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scinn.

to spring (forth), gush (forth)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to spring (forth), gush (forth)

    intransitive
  2. to start (jerk suddenly in surprise), shy (jump back in fear)

    intransitive
  3. to dart (fly or pass swiftly), fly off, fly out, dash, shoot (move very quickly and suddenly), scurry

    intransitive
  4. to depart suddenly, vanish

    intransitive
    scinn chun siúil
  5. to escape

    intransitive
    Scinn an focal uaim.
  6. to glance (strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside), glance off

    intransitive
  7. to graze (rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing)

    intransitive
  8. to skim (glide along near the surface)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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