abaich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Irish aibí, Manx appee), from ad- + boingid (“to reap, pluck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈapɪç/

Adjective

abaich (comparative abaiche)

1. mature, ripe

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “abaich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language