aibí

• abaidh, aibidh, aipí, aipidh, apaidh, apuidh, apuigh

From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Manx appee, Scottish Gaelic abaich), from ad- + boingid (“to reap, pluck”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑbʲɪɟ/[1] (corresponding to the variant aibidh)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈapˠi/ (corresponding to the variant apaidh)

aibí (genitive singular feminine aibí or aipche, comparative aibí or aipche)

1. ripe; mature

   Synonym: abúil

   Antonym: anabaí

   babhla torthaí aibí ― a bowl of ripe fruit

   ró-abhí ― overripe

2. smart; clever
3. quick
4. lively
5. crisp

   aer aibí na maidine ― the crisp air of the morning

Nonstandard declension

• aibíocht f (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)
• cianaibí (“overripe”)
• críon-aibí (“overripe”)

• aibigh (“ripen, mature”, verb)

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “abaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 2
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “aibí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aibí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “aibí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy