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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish scríbaid, from Latin scrībō.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
scríobh (present analytic scríobhann, future analytic scríobhfaidh, verbal noun scríobh, past participle scríofa)
- (transitive, intransitive) write
- fill in, fill out
- compose
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Noun
scríobh m (genitive singular scríofa)
- verbal noun of scríobh
- writing
- handwriting
Declension
Synonyms
References
- ^ “scríobh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scríbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126
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