Focal an Lae #54
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: scríobh (SHKREEV)
Meaning: scríobh = write; (hand)writing
Usage:
- Scríobh go glan! (SHKREEV guh GLAHN) = Write clearly!
- Is deas an scríobh atá aige. (iss JAS uh SHKREEV uh-TAW EHG-yuh) = He has nice handwriting. (lit., It-is nice the writing that-is at-him.)
History: Old Irish “scríbaid” (writes) was borrowed from Latin “scribo” (scratch, incise, write), which comes from
Indo-European *skríbh (to cut, separate), an extension of the root *sker- (to cut). Another Irish word from the same root is “scar” (separate).
Cognates in English include “scribe”, “script” and “scribble”.
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobh