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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
sgiab, a snatch, sudden movement, Ir. sgiob; see sgiobag.
sgiamh, beauty, Ir. sgiamh, O. Ir. scíam: *skeimâ; cf. Got. skeima, a light, Ag. S. scíma, Norse skími, a gleam of light, further Eng. shine, shimmer.
sgiamh, a squeal, yell, mew; see sgeamh.
sgian, a knife, Ir. sgian, E. Ir. scían, W. ysgíen slicer, scimitar, ysgi, citting off Br. skeja, cut: *scêenâ, vb. skêô, cut; Skr. châ, cut off, Gr. σχάζω, cut, σχάω; I. E. root skjê, skha, split, cut. Lindsay refers Gadelic to *scênâ, allied to Lat. scêna, a priest's knife, whose side-form is sacena, from seco, cut, Eng. section, saw. Others have compared Lat. scio, know, Gr. κείω, cut.
sgiath, a shield, Ir. sgiath, O. Ir. sciath, W. ysgwyd, O. W. scuit, O. Br. scoit Br. skoued: *skeito-; Ch. Sl. stitŭ, shield; O.Pruss. scaytan, Norse skíð, firewood, billet of wood, tablet (Schräder); to which Bez. queries if Lat. scûtum (*skoito-?) be allied.
sgiath, a wing, Ir. sgiathán, sgiath, E. Ir. sciath (sciath n-ete, shoulder of the wing), O.I. scíath, ala, pinaa, W. ysgwydd, shoulder, Cor. scuid, scapula, Br. skoaz: *skeito-, *skeidâ, shoulder-blade; I. E. root sqid, Lat. scindo; Gr. σχίζω, split; Skr. chid, cut; further Ger. scheiden, divide (I. E. shheit), which agrees with the Gadelic form.
sgibeach, sgibidh, neat; see sgiobalta.
sgid, a little excrement (M'A.); from the Eng.
sgideil, a plash of water; see sgiodar.
sgil, skill; from the Eng.
sgil, unhusk, shell, Ir. sgiollaim, sgilc, shellings of corn, sgilice, the operation of the mill in shelling corn: *skeli-, I. E. sqel, separate; Norse skilja, separate, Eng. skill, shell, etc. See scoilt. Cf. Sc. shillin, shelled or unhusked grain.
sgilbheag, a chip of slate (Arg.); from Sc. skelve a thin slice, Eng. shelf.
sgilig, shelled grain (Dial.), fom Norse, whence Sc. shillin, which see under sgil. Ir. sgilige, sgileadh, sgiolladh, shelling grain.
sgillinn, a penny, Ir. sgillin, shilling, M. Ir. scilling, scillic, from Ag. S. scilling, Norse skillingr, Ger. schilling.
sgilm, a mouth expressive of scolding aptitude (M'A.); see sgiolam.
sgimilear, a vagrant parasite, intruder; from Sc. skemmel. Cf. sgiomalair.
sginn, squeeze out, gush out, Ir. scinn, gush, start, E. Ir. scendim, spring; Skr. skand, leap; Lat. scando; Gr. σκάνδαλον, Eng. scandal. Arm. has sginichd, squeezing; Badenoch Dial. has
