agaibh

Etymology

From Middle Irish ocaib, occaib, acaib, from Old Irish occaib.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɪvʲ/, /əˈɣɪvʲ/^[2]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡiː/^[3]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡiː/^[4]

Pronoun

agaibh (emphatic agaibhse)

1. second-person plural of ag

   Slán agaibh! (spoken by a person departing to two or more people who are remaining) ― Goodbye!

References

Etymology

From Old Irish occaib. Cognates include Irish agaibh and Manx eu.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Uist, Barra, Trotternish, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈaku/^[1][2][3][4], [ˈaɡ̊ʊ]
• (Harris, Tiree, Mull, Islay, Lochaber) IPA^(key): /ˈakəv/
• (most of Skye, most of Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈakɪv/
• (Ross-shire, east Inverness-shire, Lorne) IPA^(key): /ˈakɪ/^[5]
• Hyphenation: a‧gaibh

Pronoun

agaibh

1. second-person plural of aig: at you

   A bheil piuthar agaibh? ― Do you have a sister? (literally, “Is a sister at you?”)

References

Further reading

• Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 16-17