scin

See also: scîn

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃcɪnʲ/

Noun

scin f

1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of scian

Latin

Etymology

A contraction of scīs (“you know”) (from sciō (“I know, understand”)) and -ne (interrogative enclitic).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skiːn/, [s̠kiːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃin/, [ʃin]

Contraction

scīn (scisne, scine)

1. 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃin/

Noun

sċin n

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːn/

Verb

sċīn

1. second-person singular imperative of sċīnan

Old Saxon

Noun

scīn n

1. Alternative spelling of skīn