àbhaist

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

àbhaist f (genitive singular àbhaiste, plural àbhaistean)

  1. custom
  2. habit
  3. practice
  4. usage

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of àbhaist
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àbhaist n-àbhaist h-àbhaist t-àbhaist

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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