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Old Irish
Etymology
From Latin scrīnium.
Noun
scrín f (genitive scríne)
- shrine
- The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 819
Cengciges Airdd Machae cen aigi cen tucbail scrine, & cumusc ann i torchair m. Echdach m. Fiachnae.- Pentecost at Armagh without celebration without taking the shrine ; and a disturbance in which the son of Echaid, son of Fiachna, fell.
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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scrínL
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scrínL
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scrínaH
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| Vocative
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scrínL
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scrínL
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scrínaH
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| Accusative
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scrínN
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scrínL
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scrínaH
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| Genitive
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scríneH
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scrínL
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scrínN
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| Dative
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scrínL
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scrínaib
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scrínaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of scrín
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| scrín
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scrín
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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