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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• abbaig, abbuig, apaid, apaig, apuid

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
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
abaid	unchanged	n-abaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Verb

abaid

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

References

• “abaid, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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

Related terms

• aba

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abaid	n-abaid	h-abaid	t-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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aibit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language