aoibhinn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoibhinn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoibhinn n-aoibhinn haoibhinn 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oíbind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 59, page 31
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

aoibhinn (comparative aoibhinne)

  1. pleasant, comely
  2. joyful, glad

Derived terms

Noun

aoibhinn f

  1. joy

Mutation

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

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) “aoibhinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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
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