aibidil

Irish

Alternative forms

• aibidir

Etymology

From Middle Irish aibidil, from Old Irish apgitir (compare aibítir), from Latin abecedārium.

Noun

aibidil f (genitive singular aibidle, nominative plural aibidilí)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: aibítir

Declension

Declension of aibidil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aibidil aibidilí Vocative a aibidil a aibidilí Genitive aibidle aibidilí Dative aibidil aibidilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aibidil na haibidilí Genitive na haibidle na n-aibidilí Dative leis an aibidil don aibidil leis na haibidilí

Related terms

• aibítre, aibítreach (“alphabetical”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aibidil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aibidil, from Old Irish aibgitir, from Latin abecedārium.

Noun

aibidil f (genitive singular aibidil or aibidile, plural aibidilean)

1. alphabet

Derived terms

• Aibidil Fhogharach Eadar-Nàiseanta, AFE (“International Phonetic Alphabet”)
• aibidil Laideann, aibidil Ròmanach (“Roman alphabet”)
• aibidileach (“alphabetical”)
• òrdugh aibidileach, òrdugh na h-aibidil (“alphabetical order”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibidil	n-aibidil	h-aibidil	t-aibidil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.