babaí

Irish

Etymology

From dialectal English babby, babbie. First attested in the 20th century. Replaced the now obsolete báibín, diminutive of báb, which is also from Middle English babe.

Noun

babaí m (genitive singular babaí, nominative plural babaithe)

  1. baby (infant)
    Synonym: leanbh

Declension

Declension of babaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative babaí babaithe
vocative a bhabaí a bhabaithe
genitive babaí babaithe
dative babaí babaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an babaí na babaithe
genitive an bhabaí na mbabaithe
dative leis an mbabaí
don bhabaí 		leis na babaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of babaí
radical lenition eclipsis
babaí bhabaí mbabaí

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

Further reading

  • “babaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “babaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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