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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish scrípaid,[2] probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English sċrepan, sċrapian and Old Norse skraba, skrapa. The vowel may have been influenced by scríobh (“to write”). Cognate with Manx screeb and Scottish Gaelic sgrìob.
Pronunciation
Verb
scríob (present analytic scríobann, future analytic scríobfaidh, verbal noun scríobadh, past participle scríobtha)
- to scrape, scratch
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Noun
scríob f (genitive singular scríbe, nominative plural scríoba)
- a scrape, scratch
Declension
References
- ^ “scríob”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scrípaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scríb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scríob”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 617
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scríobaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 618
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scríob”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN