scríbhinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scríbend, from Latin scrībendum.

Noun

scríbhinn f (genitive singular scríbhinne, nominative plural scríbhinní)

1. written document
2. writing (of penmanship)

Declension

Declension of scríbhinn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scríbhinn scríbhinní vocative a scríbhinn a scríbhinní genitive scríbhinne scríbhinní dative scríbhinn scríbhinní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scríbhinn na scríbhinní genitive na scríbhinne na scríbhinní dative leis an scríbhinn don scríbhinn leis na scríbhinní

Derived terms

• ceannscríbhinn (“rubric, heading; caption”)
• clóscríbhinn (“typescript”)
• luathscríbhneoireacht (“shorthand writing, stenography”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of scríbhinn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
scríbhinn	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scríbhinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scríbend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language