scríob

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sgríob (obsolete)[1]

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)

  1. to scrape, scratch

Conjugation

Noun

scríob f (genitive singular scríbe, nominative plural scríoba)

  1. a scrape, scratch

Declension

Declension of scríob (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative scríob scríoba
vocative a scríob a scríoba
genitive scríbe scríob
dative scríob
scríb (archaic, dialectal)
scríoba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an scríob na scríoba
genitive na scríbe na scríob
dative leis an scríob
leis an scríb (archaic, dialectal)
don scríob
don scríb (archaic, dialectal)
leis na scríoba

References

  1. ^ scríob”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scrípaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126

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