aibidil

Irish

Alternative forms

• aibidir

Etymology

From Middle Irish aibidil, from Old Irish apgitir (compare aibítir), from Latin abecedārium.

Noun

aibidil f (genitive singular aibidle, nominative plural aibidilí)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: aibítir

Declension

Declension of aibidil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aibidil aibidilí vocative a aibidil a aibidilí genitive aibidle aibidilí dative aibidil aibidilí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aibidil na haibidilí genitive na haibidle na n-aibidilí dative leis an aibidil don aibidil leis na haibidilí

Related terms

• aibítre, aibítreach (“alphabetical”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aibidil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibidil	n-aibidil	haibidil	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibidil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aibidil, from Old Irish aibgitir, from Latin abecedārium.

Noun

aibidil f (genitive singular aibidil or aibidile, plural aibidilean)

1. alphabet

Derived terms

• Aibidil Fhogharach Eadar-Nàiseanta, AFE (“International Phonetic Alphabet”)
• aibidil Laideann, aibidil Ròmanach (“Roman alphabet”)
• aibidileach (“alphabetical”)
• òrdugh aibidileach, òrdugh na h-aibidil (“alphabetical order”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of aibidil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibidil	n-aibidil	h-aibidil	t-aibidil

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