agaibh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ocaib, occaib, acaib, from oc, ac, ic.
From ag (“to”) +‎ sibh ("you" [plural]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəvʲ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɪvʲ/, /əˈɣɪvʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡiː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡiː/

Pronoun

agaibh (emphatic agaibhse)

1. second-person plural of ag

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agaibh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 298
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakɪv/
• (Lewis, Uist, Barra, Trotternish) IPA^(key): /ˈaku/^[1]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈakɪ/
• 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?”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	agam	agamsa
	2nd	agad	agadsa
	3rd m	aige	aigesan
	3rd f	aice	aicese
Plural	1st	againn	againne
	2nd	agaibh	agaibhse
	3rd	aca	acasan

References

1. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap