aoibh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish oíph, oíb (semblance, appearance, beauty), from Proto-Celtic *oɸibā (beauty; appearance), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁opi-bʰeh₂-, a compound of the root *bʰeh₂- (to shine) prefixed with *h₁opi-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit अभिभा (abhibhā, inauspicious omen).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aoibh f (genitive singular aoibhe)

  1. (literary) form, beauty
  2. smile; pleasant expression

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ofi-bā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 296

Further reading

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