Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scath

/skæθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scath
IPA: /skæθ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”).

British usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

verb

Archaic form of scathe.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction."
"Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, / Whose freedome shall thee turne to greatest scath."
"Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair."
"He buried in his heart all sense of scath."
"This trick may chance to scath you."

Etymology

Variant of scathe.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scaths (plural) scathe (alternative, Scotland) scaith (alternative, Scotland) schath (alternative, Scotland) schathe (alternative, Scotland) schaith (alternative, Scotland) scaths (present, singular) scathing (participle, present) scathed (participle, past) scathed (past)

Derived Forms

scatheless scathful

Rhymes With

path math bath wrath hath cath kath lath strath wath elnath snath

Questions

How do you pronounce scath?: The recorded pronunciation is /skæθ/.
What does scath mean?: Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”).
Where does scath come from?: Variant of scathe.

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