rabaid

Scottish Gaelic

Rabaid.

Etymology

Borrowed from English rabbit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrˠapɪtʲ/

Noun

rabaid f

1. rabbit

Declension

Declension of rabaid (class IIb feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	rabaid	rabaidean
genitive	rabaide, rabaid	rabaidean
dative	rabaid	rabaidean; rabaidibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) rabaid	(na) rabaidean
genitive	(na) rabaide, rabaid	(nan) rabaidean
dative	(an) rabaid	(na) rabaidean; rabaidibh✝
vocative	rabaid	rabaidean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• coinean, coineanach

Mutation

Mutation of rabaid

radical	lenition
rabaid	unchanged

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “rabaid”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 476