scéithín

== Irish == === Etymology === From sciath (“shield”) +‎ -ín; calque of New Latin scūtellum, diminutive of scūtum (“shield”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠceːˈhiːnʲ/, /ʃceːˈhiːnʲ/ === Noun === scéithín m (genitive singular scéithín, nominative plural scéithíní) (zoology) scutellum ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scéithín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38