aoibhinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲɪɲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲənʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲən̠ʲ/

Adjective

aoibhinn (genitive singular feminine aoibhne, plural aoibhne, comparative aoibhne)

1. delightful, blissful

   Synonyms: caithiseach, gleoite

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go haoibhinn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

• Bhí an trathnóna go haoibhinn. ― The afternoon was pleasant.

Declension

Declension of aoibhinn

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

Related terms

• aoibhneas

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoibhinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oíbind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aibhind, éibhinn

Etymology

From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).

Adjective

aoibhinn (comparative aoibhinne)

1. pleasant, comely
2. joyful, glad

Derived terms

• an-aoibhinn

Noun

aoibhinn f

1. joy

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aoibhinn”, 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), “oíbind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language