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From Средњи Енглески scribe

, from Стари Француски scribe (“scribe”)

, from Рани Латински usage of scriba (“secretary”)

(used in Vulgate to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”)

, which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר‎ (“writer, scholar”)

) from scribere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”)

, probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”)

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Шаблон:Tit2

• (UK, US) МФА^(кључ): /skɹaɪb/
• Риме: -aɪb

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scribe (plural scribes)

1. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
   • 2013 септембар 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1], strana R28:

     [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

   1. A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.^W
      • 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:

        The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] . Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.

2. (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
3. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
4. (in particular) A journalist.

Synonyms

• • • Derived terms

      • • Translations

          one who writes; a draughtsman

          • Arabic: نَاسِخ‎ m (nāsiḵ), كَاتِب‎ (ar) m (kātib)
            • Catalan: escrivà
              • Chinese:

                Mandarin: 抄寫員 (zh), 抄写员 (zh) (chāoxiěyuán)

                • Classical Nahuatl: tlahcuiloh, āmoxtlahcuiloh
                  • Czech: pisař m
                    • Egyptian: (zẖꜣw m)
                    • Esperanto: skribisto
                      • Finnish: kirjuri (fi)
                        • French: scribe (fr) m
                          • German: Schreiber (de) m, Kopist (de) m
                            • Greek: γραφέας (el) m (graféas)

                              • Ancient: γραμματεύς m (grammateús)

                                • Hebrew: טפסר‎ (he) m (tafsar)
                                  • Hungarian: írnok (hu)
                                    • Irish: scríobhaí m

          • Italian: scrivano (it) m, scriba (it) m, amanuense (it) m
            • Latin: scrība m, librāriolus m, librārius m
              • Macedonian: пи́сар m (písar)
                • Manx: screeudeyr m
                  • Mongolian: бичээч (mn) (bičeeč)
                    • Old English: wrītere m, bōcere m
                      • Persian: منشی‎ (fa) (monši), کاتب‎ (fa) (kâteb)
                        • Polish: pisarz (pl), skryba (pl) m, kopista m
                          • Portuguese: escriba (pt)
                            • Romanian: scrib (ro) m, copist (ro) m
                              • Russian: пи́сарь (ru) m (písarʹ), писе́ц (ru) m (piséc)
                                • Serbo-Croatian:

                                  Cyrillic: пѝса̄р m, писа̀рица f

                                  • Roman: pìsār (sh) m, pisàrica (sh) f

                                    • Spanish: escriba (es)
                                      • Swahili: mwandishi (sw)
                                        • Yiddish: סופֿר‎ m (soyfer)

          writer and doctor of the law

          • Catalan: escriba m
            • Chinese:

              Mandarin: 文士 (zh)

              • Finnish: lainoppinut (fi)
                • French: scribe (fr) m
                  • German: Schriftgelehrter (de) m
                    • Greek:

                      Ancient: γραμματεύς m (grammateús)

                      • Latin: scrība m

          • Maori: karaipi
            • Plautdietsch: Schreftjelieeda m
              • Portuguese: escriba (pt) m
                • Russian: дьяк (ru) m (dʹjak) (dated), писе́ц (ru) m (piséc), секрета́рь (ru) m (sekretárʹ), кни́жник (ru) m (knížnik)
                  • Spanish: escriba (es) m
                    • Swahili: mwandishi (sw) class 1/2
          steel drawing implement

          • Dutch: kraspen m or f
            • Finnish: piirrin
              • German: Reißnadel f

          • Luxembourgish: Räissnol
            • Russian: чертилки (čertilki)
              • Spanish: punta de trazar f
          journalist

          • Finnish: skribentti (fi)
            • Manx: screeudeyr m

          • Mongolian:

          The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

          Translations to be checked

          • Georgian: ^{(please verify)} გადამწერი (gadamc̣eri)

          • Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} бичээч (mn) (bičeeč)

          Verb

          scribe (third-person singular simple present scribes, present participle scribing, simple past and past participle scribed)

          1. To write.
          2. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

             (Можете ли пронађите и додајте цитат од en на овај унос?)

          3. To record.
          4. To write or draw with a scribe.
          5. (carpentry) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
          6. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

          Related terms

          • • • • • • • • Translations

                          to write

                          • Chinese:

                            Mandarin: 缮写 (zh)

                            • Finnish: kirjoittaa (fi)
                              • German: schreiben (de)
                                • Icelandic: skrifa (is)

                          • Japanese: 書く (ja) (かく, kaku)
                            • Macedonian: пишува (pišuva)
                              • Spanish: escribir (es)
                          to record

                          • Finnish: kirjata (fi)
                            • Icelandic: rita (is), skrá (is)
                              • Macedonian: запишува (zapišuva)

                          • Old Norse: skrá
                            • Spanish: grabar (es)
                          to write or draw with a scribe

                          • Finnish: piirrottaa (fi)

                          See also

                          • Further reading

                            • scribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
                            • scribe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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                            Interlingua

                            Verb

                            scribe

                            1. present of scriber
                            2. imperative of scriber

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                            Latin

                            Verb

                            scrībe

                            1. second-person singular present active imperative of scrībō