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aoibhinn
aoibhinn
Irish
Adjective
aoibhinn (genitive singular feminine aoibhne, plural aoibhne, comparative aoibhne)
Usage notes
Takes the adverbial construction go haoibhinn when used predicatively after a form of bí:
- Bhí an trathnóna go haoibhinn. ― The afternoon was pleasant.
Declension
Declension of aoibhinn
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aoibhinn | aoibhinn | aoibhne | |
| Vocative | aoibhinn | aoibhne | ||
| Genitive | aoibhne | aoibhne | aoibhinn | |
| Dative | aoibhinn | aoibhinn | aoibhne | |
| Comparative | níos aoibhne | |||
| Superlative | is aoibhne | |||
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aoibhinn | n-aoibhinn | haoibhinn | t-aoibhinn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aoibhinn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “oíbind” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).
Adjective
aoibhinn (comparative aoibhinne)
Derived terms
Noun
aoibhinn f
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
- “oíbind” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.