aoibh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oíph, oíb (“semblance, appearance, beauty”), from Proto-Celtic *oɸibā (“beauty; appearance”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁opi-bʰeh₂-, a compound of the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”) prefixed with *h₁opi-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit अभिभा (abhibhā, “inauspicious omen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aoibh f (genitive singular aoibhe)

  1. (literary) form, beauty
  2. smile; pleasant expression

Declension

Declension of aoibh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aoibh
vocative a aoibh
genitive aoibhe
dative aoibh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aoibh
genitive na haoibhe
dative leis an aoibh
don aoibh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoibh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoibh n-aoibh haoibh not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ofi-bā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

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