scrios
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish scris (“tearing; erasing; destruction”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgrios (“destruction, ruin, annihilation, etc.”)), verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Noun
scrios m (genitive singular scriosta)
- destruction, ruin
- scrapings, parings; light covering
- verbal noun of scrios
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish scrisaid (“scrape; erase; destroy”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sgrios (“destroy, ruin, annihilate, etc.”)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Verb
scrios (present analytic scriosann, future analytic scriosfaidh, verbal noun scriosadh, past participle scriosta)
- scrape off, tear off; (of a tree) bark
- scratch out, erase, delete
- destroy, ruin
Conjugation
conjugation of scrios (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form