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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
scrín	scrín	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scrín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language