scríbaid

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲrʲiːβɨðʲ]

Verb

scríbaid (verbal noun scríbend)

  1. to write, write down
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27d16
      Combad notire rod·scríbad cosse.
      It would have been a secretary who had written it until now.
  2. to write, compose

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. scríbtair
conj. ·scríbam ·scríbthar ·scríbtar, ·scríbatar
rel.
imperfect indicative ·scríbad
preterite abs.
conj. ·scríbus ·scríbais ·scríb ·scríbsam ·scríbad
rel.
perfect deut. ro·scríbus ro·scríbais ro·scríb ro·scríbsam ro·scríbad
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive ·scríbad; rod·scríbad (ro-form with infixed pronoun d-)
imperative
verbal noun scríbend
past participle scríbthae
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: scríobh
  • Manx: screeu
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobh

References

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