uaibh

uaibh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish uadib, uaidib, uathib, uaithib, from Old Irish (h)uaib; compare ó and sibh.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /wæbʲ/ (as if spelled bhaib)[1]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /wɛbʲ/ (as if spelled bhoib)[2]

Pronoun

uaibh (emphatic uaibhse)

1. second-person plural of ó

References

1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 197.
2. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 309.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish uadib, uaidib, uathib, uaithib, from Old Irish (h)uaib; compare o and sibh.

Pronoun

uaibh (emphatic uaibhse)

1. from you (plural or formal singular)

See also

• uat

Further reading

• “1 ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.