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abaid
abaid
Irish
Noun
abaid f (genitive singular abaide, nominative plural abaideacha)
- Alternative form of aibíd (“habit, religious dress”)
Declension
Declension of abaid
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abaid | n-abaid | habaid | t-abaid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "abaid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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)
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “aibit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.