Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin scrībendum; compare Welsh ysgrifen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲrʲiːvʲen͈d]

Noun edit

scríbend n (genitive scríbind, nominative plural scríbenda)

  1. verbal noun of scríbaid
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.
  2. something written (book, manuscript, etc.)
  3. letter, message
  4. charter, title-deed, claim
  5. inscription

Inflection edit

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative scríbendN scríbendN scríbendL, scríbenda
Vocative scríbendN scríbendN scríbendL, scríbenda
Accusative scríbendN scríbendN scríbendL, scríbenda
Genitive scríbindL scríbend scríbendN
Dative scríbundL, scríbuntL scríbendaib scríbendaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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