scin

See also: scîn

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃcɪnʲ/

Noun

scin f

1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of scian

Latin

Alternative forms

• scisne, scīne

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskiːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃin]

Contraction

scīn

1. contraction of scīs (“to know”) +‎ -ne (interrogative enclitic): do you know?

References

• “scin”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Middle English

Noun

scin

1. alternative form of skyn

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːn/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• sċinn

Noun

sċīn n

1. a deceptive appearance or occurrence
2. spirit, phantom

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċīn	sċīnu
accusative	sċīn	sċīnu
genitive	sċīnes	sċīna
dative	sċīne	sċīnum

Descendants

• Middle English: shīn
  • English: shine
  • Scots: shine, schine, schyne (archaic)

Etymology 2

Verb

sċīn

1. second-person singular imperative of sċīnan

Old Saxon

Noun

scīn n

1. alternative spelling of skīn