scrín

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin scrīnium.

Noun

scrín f (genitive scríne)

  1. 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 [passed] without [public] celebration [and] without taking the shrine [out on tour]; and [there was] a disturbance in which the son of Echaid, son of Fiachna, fell.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative scrínL scrínL scrínaH
vocative scrínL scrínL scrínaH
accusative scrínN scrínL scrínaH
genitive scríneH scrínL scrínN
dative scrínL scrínaib scrínaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: scrín
    • Irish: scrín
    • Scottish Gaelic: sgrìn

Mutation

Mutation of scrín
radical lenition nasalization
scrín scrín scrín

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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