scrios

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠcɾʲɨ̞sˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃcɾʲɨ̞sˠ/

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 or scris)

  1. destruction, ruin
  2. scrapings, parings; light covering
  3. verbal noun of scrios
Declension

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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)

  1. scrape off, tear off; (of a tree) bark
  2. scratch out, erase, delete
  3. destroy, ruin
Conjugation

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