scríbend

Old Irish[edit]

Borrowed from Latin scrībendum; compare Welsh ysgrifen.

scríbend 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. 9^a22 (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.
something written (book, manuscript, etc.)
letter, message
charter, title-deed, claim
inscription

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	scríbend^N	scríbend^N	scríbend^L, scríbenda
Vocative	scríbend^N	scríbend^N	scríbend^L, scríbenda
Accusative	scríbend^N	scríbend^N	scríbend^L, scríbenda
Genitive	scríbind^L	scríbend	scríbend^N
Dative	scríbund^L, scríbunt^L	scríbendaib	scríbendaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization