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{{short description|Ceremonial knife}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Scottish Stag Antler Sgian Dubh.jpg|thumb|Staghorn {{lang|gd|sgian dubh}}]] [[File:Sgian Dubh.jpg|thumb|A {{lang|gd|sgian-dubh}} being worn on the leg]] The '''{{lang|gd|sgian-dubh}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|k|iː|ən|_|ˈ|d|uː}} {{respell|skee-ən|DOO|'}}; {{IPA|gd|s̪kʲənˈt̪u}}) – also [[anglicized]] as '''skene-dhu'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Benjamin Eli |author2=William Dwight Whitney |title=The Century Dictionary |date=1895 |publisher=Century Company}}</ref> – is a small, single-edged knife ({{langx|gd|sgian}}) worn as part of traditional Scottish [[Highland dress]]. It is now worn tucked into the top of the kilt hose with only the upper portion of the [[hilt]] visible. The {{lang|gd|sgian-dubh}} is normally worn on the same side as the dominant hand.
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