aibítir

Irish

Alternative forms

• aibghitir

Etymology

From Old Irish apgitir, from Latin abecedārium.

Noun

aibítir f (genitive singular aibítre, nominative plural aibítrí)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: aibidil

2. ABC, rudiments

Declension

Declension of aibítir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aibítir aibítrí Vocative a aibítir a aibítrí Genitive aibítre aibítrí Dative aibítir aibítrí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aibítir na haibítrí Genitive na haibítre na n-aibítrí Dative leis an aibítir don aibítir leis na haibítrí

Derived terms

• Aibítir Idirnáisiúnta Foghraíochta f (“International Phonetic Alphabet”)
• aibítir na Gréigise f (“Greek alphabet”)
• aibítreach (“alphabetical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibítir	n-aibítir	haibítir	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) “aibítir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aibgitir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “aibítir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aibítir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.