aibhéis
See also: áibhéis
Irish
Etymology
Probably at least partially from Old Irish abis (“depths of the sea; sea”), 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”).
Declension
Declension of aibhéis
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aibhéiseach (“abysmal; abyssal”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aibhéis | n-aibhéis | haibhéis | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aibéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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