aibhéis

See also: áibhéis

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably at least partially from Old Irish abis (“depths of the sea; sea”),[1] from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos), but the vowel of the second syllable and the change in gender (masculine in Latin, feminine in modern Irish) suggest a different etymology connected with Welsh affwys (“depth”) and Breton ervoas (“deep”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aibhéis f (genitive singular aibhéise)

  1. abyss; the deep

Declension

Declension of aibhéis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aibhéis
vocative a aibhéis
genitive aibhéise
dative aibhéis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aibhéis
genitive na haibhéise
dative leis an aibhéis
don aibhéis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aibhéis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aibhéis n-aibhéis haibhéis not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aibéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 85, page 34

Further reading

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