scríbend
Old Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin scrībendum; compare Welsh ysgrifen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editscríbend n (genitive scríbind, nominative plural scríbenda)
- 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.
- 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)
- something written (book, manuscript, etc.)
- letter, message
- charter, title-deed, claim
- inscription
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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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:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Irish: scríbhinn
- Manx: screeuyn
- Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn
- ⇒ Middle Irish: scríbnaigid
- ⇒ Middle Irish: scríbneóir
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scríbend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language