aitreabúid

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin attribūtum, from Latin attribūtus, perfect passive participle of attribuō (“associate; add or join to; annex; assign, bestow or give; allot; appoint”).

Noun

aitreabúid f (genitive singular aitreabúide, nominative plural aitreabúidí)

1. attribute, quality, characteristic
2. (logic) attribute

Declension

Declension of aitreabúid (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aitreabúid aitreabúidí vocative a aitreabúid a aitreabúidí genitive aitreabúide aitreabúidí dative aitreabúid aitreabúidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an aitreabúid na haitreabúidí genitive na haitreabúide na n-aitreabúidí dative leis an aitreabúid don aitreabúid leis na haitreabúidí

Derived terms

• aitreabúideach (“attributive”, adjective)
• aitreabúideacht f (“attribution”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aitreabúid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aitreabúid	n-aitreabúid	haitreabúid	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) “aitreabúid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aitreabúid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm