abaid

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Irish

Noun

abaid f (genitive singular abaide, nominative plural abaideacha)

  1. alternative form of aibíd (“habit, religious dress”)

Declension

Declension of abaid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative abaid abaideacha
vocative a abaid a abaideacha
genitive abaide abaideacha
dative abaid abaideacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an abaid na habaideacha
genitive na habaide na n-abaideacha
dative leis an abaid
don abaid 		leis na habaideacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of abaid
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abaid n-abaid habaid not applicable

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish apaig, from ad- + bongaid (“to reap, pluck”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

abaid

  1. ripe; mature

Descendants

  • Irish: aibí, abaidh
  • Manx: appee
  • Scottish Gaelic: abaich

Mutation

Mutation of abaid
radical lenition nasalization
abaid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-abaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scots

Verb

abaid

  1. Southern Scots form of abade (“abode”)

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aibit (“habit, dress; habit, custom”), from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

Noun

abaid f (genitive singular abaide, plural abaidean)

  1. abbey
  2. (dated) cowl, hood (monk's)
  3. (dated) hat

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “abaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aibit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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