aibí
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Scottish Gaelic abaich), from ad- + boingid (“to reap, pluck”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
aibí (genitive singular feminine aibí or aipche, comparative aibí or aipche)
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
Derived terms
- aibíocht f (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)
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