aoibh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
aoibh f (genitive singular aoibhe)
Declension edit
Declension of aoibh
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- aoibhiúil (“pleasant, smiling”, adjective)
- drochaoibh
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aoibh | n-aoibh | haoibh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ofi-bā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoibh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aoibh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
