aoibhinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aoibhinn (genitive singular feminine aoibhne, plural aoibhne, comparative aoibhne)

  1. delightful, blissful
    Synonyms: caithiseach, gleoite

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go haoibhinn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Bhí an trathnóna go haoibhinn. ― The afternoon was pleasant.

Declension
Declension of aoibhinn
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aoibhinn aoibhinn aoibhne
Vocative aoibhinn aoibhne
Genitive aoibhne aoibhne aoibhinn
Dative aoibhinn aoibhinn aoibhne
Comparative níos aoibhne
Superlative is aoibhne

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aoibhinn n-aoibhinn haoibhinn not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oíbind (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful”).

Adjective

aoibhinn (comparative aoibhinne)

  1. pleasant, comely
  2. joyful, glad

Derived terms

Noun

aoibhinn f

  1. joy

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aoibhinnn-aoibhinnh-aoibhinnt-aoibhinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “oíbind” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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