abaidh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑbʲɪɟ/

Adjective

abaidh (genitive singular masculine abaidh, genitive singular feminine abaidhe, plural abaidhe, comparative abaidhe)

1. Alternative form of aibí (“ripe; mature; smart; clever; quick; lively; crisp”)

Declension

Declension of abaidh

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

Related terms

• abaidheacht (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 12