See also: שרייבן

Yiddish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (I write), which comes from a word meaning “to scribe, to scrape”.

Pronunciation Edit

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈʃraɪ.bn̩/, [ˈʃraɪ.bm̩]
  • (Southern Yiddish) IPA(key): [ˈʃraː.bm̩]

Verb Edit

שרײַבן (shraybn) (past participle געשריבן(geshribn))

  1. to write

Conjugation Edit

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