abaid

Irish

Noun

abaid f (genitive singular abaide, nominative plural abaideacha)

  1. Alternative form of aibíd (“habit, religious dress”)

Declension
Declension of abaid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abaid abaideacha
Vocative a abaid a abaideacha
Genitive abaide abaideacha
Dative abaid abaideacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an abaid na habaideacha
Genitive na habaide na n-abaideacha
Dative leis an abaid

don abaid

 leis na habaideacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
abaid n-abaid habaid not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish apaig, from ad- + boingid (“to reap, pluck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈabəɣʲ/

Adjective

abaid

  1. ripe; mature

Descendants
  • Irish: aibí, abaidh
  • Scottish Gaelic: abaich

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
abaidunchangedn-abaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Verb

abaid

  1. South Scots form of abade (“abode”)

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aibit (“habit, dress; habit, custom”), from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

Noun

abaid f (genitive singular abaide, plural abaidean)

  1. abbey
  2. (dated) cowl, hood (monk's)
  3. (dated) hat

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
abaidn-abaidh-abaidt-abaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “abaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aibit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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