áibhle

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish aidble.[2] By surface analysis, ábhal +‎ -e.

Noun[edit]

áibhle f (genitive singular áibhle)

  1. (literary) vastness, greatness
Declension[edit]
Declension of áibhle

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative áibhle
Vocative a áibhle
Genitive áibhle
Dative áibhle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an áibhle
Genitive na háibhle
Dative leis an áibhle

don áibhle

Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

áibhle

  1. inflection of ábhal:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áibhle n-áibhle háibhle not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “aidhbhle”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aidble”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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