scríob

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish scrípaid,[2] probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English sċrepan, sċrapian and Old Norse skraba, skrapa. The vowel may have been influenced by scríobh (to write). Cognate with Manx screeb and Scottish Gaelic sgrìob.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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scríob (present analytic scríobann, future analytic scríobfaidh, verbal noun scríobadh, past participle scríobtha)

  1. to scrape, scratch

Conjugation

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Noun

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scríob f (genitive singular scríbe, nominative plural scríoba)

  1. a scrape, scratch

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ scríob”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scrípaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126

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