anabaí
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish anapaig (“unripe”). By surface analysis, an- + aibí.
Adjective
[edit]anabaí
Synonyms
[edit]- (premature): roimh am
Derived terms
[edit]- anabaíocht (“immaturity; miscarriage; newness”)
- beir go hanabaí (“miscarry”, verb)
- breith anabaí (“abortion, mishap”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anabaí | n-anabaí | hanabaí | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anabaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “immature”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “premature”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “untimely”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anapaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language