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aibí
aibí
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
aibí (genitive singular feminine aibí or aipche, comparative aibí or aipche)
- ripe; mature
- babhla torthaí aibí ― a bowl of ripe fruit
- ró-abhí ― overripe
- smart; clever
- quick
- lively
- crisp
- aer aibí na maidine ― the crisp air of the morning
Declension
Declension of aibí
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aibí | aibí | aibí | |
| Vocative | aibí | aibí | ||
| Genitive | aibí | aibí | aibí | |
| Dative | aibí | aibí | aibí | |
| Comparative | níos aibí | |||
| Superlative | is aibí | |||
- Nonstandard declension
Declension of aibí
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- aibíocht f (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)
Related terms
- aibigh (“ripen, mature”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aibí | n-aibí | haibí | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aibí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “apaig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.