aibí

Irish

Alternative forms

• abaidh, aibidh, aipí, aipidh, apaidh, apuidh, apuigh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑbʲɪɟ/ (corresponding to the variant aibidh)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈapˠi/ (corresponding to the variant apaidh)

Adjective

aibí (genitive singular feminine aibí or aipche, comparative aibí or aipche)

1. ripe; mature

   Synonym: abúil

   Antonym: anabaí

   babhla torthaí aibí ― a bowl of ripe fruit

   ró-abhí ― overripe

2. smart; clever
3. quick
4. lively
5. crisp

   aer aibí na maidine ― the crisp air of the morning

Declension

Declension of aibí

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aibí	aibí	aibí
Vocative	aibí		aibí
Genitive		aibí	aibí	aibí
Dative	aibí	aibí	aibí
Comparative	níos aibí
Superlative	is aibí

Nonstandard declension

Declension of aibí

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aibí	aibí	aibí
Vocative	aibí		aibí
Genitive		aipche	aibí	aibí
Dative	aibí	aibí	aibí
Comparative	níos aipche
Superlative	is aipche

Derived terms

• aibíocht f (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)
• cianaibí (“overripe”)
• críon-aibí (“overripe”)

Related terms

• aibigh (“ripen, mature”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibí	n-aibí	haibí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “abaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 2
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aibí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aibí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “aibí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy