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abaich

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Irish aibí, Manx appee), from ad- + bongaid (“to reap, pluck”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abaich (comparative abaiche)

  1. mature, ripe

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “abaich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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