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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
abadh, syllable, utterance; E. Ir. apad, proclamation: ad-ba-, Celtic ba, speak; Lat. fatur, fama, Eng. fame.
abaich, ripe, Ir. abaidh, M. Ir. abaid, E. Ir. apaig, *ad-bagi, O. Ir. apchugud, autumnatio; *ad-bog-, Celtic root bug, as in bog, q.v.; ad-bach, root of Eng. bake; Gr. φώγω. The W. addfed is from a root met.
abaideal, colic (M'A.):
abair, say, so Ir., O. Ir. epiur, Celtic ád-berô; Lat. re-fero; see root in beir.
abaisd, a brat, trifling, impudent person:
abalt, expert (M'A.); from Sc. apert? See aparr.
†abar, confluence; only in Pictish place names: O.Gaelic (B.of Deer) abbor; W. aber, O.W. aper, Celtic ad-bero-, root ber; see beir. Modern Gaelic pronounces it obair (so in 17th cent.), which agrees with the O.W. oper; this suggests od-bero-, "out flow", as against the "to flow" of ad-bero-. The od is for ud, allied to Eng. out. Aporicum: *ati-boro-n (Holden).
abarach, bold; see abair above.
abardair, dictionary (Shaw); from abair, q.v.
abartach, talkative, bold; from abair q.v.
àbh, hand net; from Norse háfr, pock-net. Also tàbh, q.v. Spelt less correctly àmh and àbhadh.
abh, bark of dog; an onomatopaetic word.
abhainn, river, Ir. abhann (gen. abhann, now aibhne), O. Ir. abann, W. afon, Br. auon, Gallo-Brit. Abona; Lat. amnis (*ab-nis). Root abh; Sk. ambhas, water; Gr. ἀφρος (ὄμβρος, imber) (Zim. Neu., 270).
àbhacas, sport, irony; see the following word.
àbhachd, humour, sport, Ir. adhbhachd:
abhag, terrier, Ir. abhach; from abh, q.v. Cf. E. Ir. abacc, dwarf; W. afanc.
abhagas, rumour, false suspicion:
àbhaist, custom, Manx oaysh, Ir. abhest (O'R.), abaise (O'B.), ad+beus? M. Ir. ábaisi (pl.). See beus, custom. Ascoli compares the O. Ir. -abais of duabais, teter, and suabais, suavis. Meyer suggests from N. avist, abode : unlikely.
abhall, an orchard, apple-tree, M. Ir. aball, apple-tree. See ubhal.
abharr, silly jest (M'A.):
abharsair, Satan, Ir. aidhbherseóir, E. Ir. adbirseoir; from Lat. adversarius (Eng. adversary). Also aibhistear.
abhcaid, a jest; àbhachd.
abhlan, wafer, so Ir., O. Ir. obla, g. oblann; from Lat. oblationem, an oblation.
