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t Ab, aba, s. ?n. Water. Pcrs. ab, river. Turk. ab. Blogul,
ab, river. Hcb. saab, ctirri/ ■water ; from sa, carry, and ab,
■water. Ethiop. abbi, uave. Armen. alip, pool. Pers. ab,
ap, av, wafer. Jap. abi, ivash with wafer.
Tliis word is found in Martin's description of the Hebrides, and
in Irvine's nomenclature on the word Avus, which is the name of
a lake and river in Argyllshire (Awe) ; so Ab-us is a name given
to the Humber. Wyltleet, in his Supplement to Ptolemy's C Geo-
graphy, calls the place where Columbus lirst landed in America,
Cuanabi, or Guanahani. Both these words have the same signifi-
cation, meaning a bay, harbour, or sea of water. Cuan is a harbour,
and fib is water, and i seems to he an Indian termination. Guana-
hani : Guan is the same as cuan ; g and c, being palatals, are easily
changed the one into the other, and an [see an] or hun is water :
the i, as in the former instance, is an Indian adjection.
Aba, gen. sing, of ab; of an ape; of an abbot.
Aba, s. m. A cause, affair, matter, circumstance, business.
Syr. and Chald. aba.
Abab ! interj. Tush ! fie ! ob ! for shame ! nonsense ! pshaw !
t Abac, aic, *. m. See Abiiag.
t Abach, aich, s. m.. Entrails of a beast; pluck ; also pro-
clamation. Ir. abhach.
Abachadh, aidh, s. m. A ripening, the circumstance of
ripening ; a growing to maturity.
Abachadh (ag), pr. part, of abaich. Ripening. Tha 'n
t-arbhar ag abachadh, the corn is ripening.
t Abachd, s.y. Exploits; gain, lucre.
Abachd, i. /; Ripeness, maturity. Co^j^r. for abaicheachd,
the regularly formed, though not used, derivative, of abaich.
t Abact, s. f. Irony, jesting. — Glossary of Colum Cillc. Now
written abhachd.
t Abadh, aidh, s. m. A lampoon, a satirical poem; n. pi.
abaidhean.
Abaich, a. Ripe, mature, at full growth ; ready, prepared,
expert. Com. and sup. abaiche, 7nore or most ripe. Ir.
abaidh. Manx, appee. //'. adhved.
Abaich, f. Ripen; bring or grow to maturity. Pret. a. dh'
abaich, ripened ; fut. ajf. a. abaichidh, shall or will ripen;
Jut. pass, abaichear, shall be ripened.
Abaichead, eid, i. ?H. and/. Ripeness, maturity ; increase
in ripeness, advancement in ripeness. Air abaichead 's gum
bi e, /luweier ripe it shall be. Tha e dol an abaichead,
it is growing inore and more ripe.
Abaichear, fut. pass, of abaich ; shall be ripened.
Abaichidh, fut. aff. a. of abaich ; shall or will ripen.
Abaid, aide, s. f (i. e. ab-aite, the place of an abbot), an
abbey ; also an abbot. Pcrs. abad, a Ininth ; plur. abadan.
Dan. abbedie. Spun, abbadia. N. pi. abaide, or abaidean,
abbeys. Lios an abaid, the abbot's court. Arm. les an abad.
Abaide, gen. sing, of abaid.
Abaideachd, s.f. (from abaid), an abbacy.
Abaidh, gen. sing, of abadh.
-)- Abaidh, s. f A bud, blossom. Heh. and Chald. abi,
green fruits.
t Abail, s.f. Death. Arab. Hebil.
Abailt, «.y. An abbey; more frequently abaid ; which see.
t Abailt, s.f. Death, ylrab. Hebil.
Abair, v. irr. Say, speak, utter, pronounce. Pret. a. thu-
bhairt, said ; fut. aff. a. their, shall or will say ; fut. neg.
dubhairt. Abair ri, ris, riu, say to her, him, them ; na
h-abair sin, or, na abair sin, do not say that. ÌV. ebru.
Ir. abair. Eng. jabber. Du. jabberen. Heb. dabar.
Abaikeam, .^'ci/ sing, impcr. a. of abair. Let me say, speak,
utter, or pronounce.
Aba I REAR, fut. and imper. pass. Shall be said, let be said ;
abairear e, let it be said. It is often contracted abrar. —
Stew. Luke, ref,
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Abairt, s.f. {from abair.) Education ; politeness, breeding;
speech, articulation. Ir. abairt.
t Abairt, s.f. Custom, use, habit, usage. See Abhairt.
Abait, aite, s.f. (ab-aite). An abbey,
t Abaci, s.f. Sunset, descent. Eng. eve.
t Abar, air, s. m. Speech.
Abar, air, s. wi. A marsh, bog, fen ; marshy ground. Arab.
ybr, margin of a riicr, and abar, wells. Heb. by met.
baar. Ir. abar.
Abarach, a. (from abar.) Fenny, boggy, marshy; of or
pertaining to a marsh ; likewise of or pertaining to Loch-
aber; a Lochaber-man ; also bold, daring. Gu h-aghmhor
abarach, in a brave and bold manner. — Old Song. Com.
and sup. abaraiche, bolder, boldest.
Abaraciid, s.f Marshiness, bogginess.
Abardair, *. m. (from abair.) A dictionary.
Abardairiche, s. m. (from abardair.) A lexicographer.
Abartach, a. (from abair.) Bold, daring, forward, impu-
dent, talkative. Com. and sup. abartaiche, more or most bold.
Abartachd, s. f (from abair.) A mode of speech; an
idiom ; talkativeness.
Abartair (^from abair), s. A dictionary.
Abartairiche, s. m. (from abartair.) A lexicographer.
Aber, s. m. (Corn. aber. Heb. habar, to join together;
haber, a companion ; heber, a junction; Chald. Syr. Ethiop.
habar, to unite.) A place where two or more streams
meet,, a confluence, a conflux, as Aberfeldy ; a place where
a river falls into the sea, as Aberdeen, in Scotland ;
Aberistwyth, in Cardiganshire. " Seu mari," says Box-
horn, " seu duo fluvii junctis aquis consociantur, locus in
quo fit haec conjunclio Britannicè vocatur aber." The place
where a river falls into the sea, or where two rivers join,
is, in the old British tongue, called aber. Boxhorn seems
to think that aber is a Phenician word. In some districts
of the Highlands, as Breadalbane and Strathtay, this word
is improperly pronounced obair.
Abh, s.m. A landing net; a sack net; an instrument.
t Abh, s. m. Water. Tonq. hài, sea. Shans. ab, and aw,
■water. Arab, ahha, pool. Pers. awe. Gr. jEol. cctp-k,
Lat. a-qua. Dan. aae. W. aw. Fr. eau. Gothic, a.
Isl. aa. Low Germ. aa. Swed. a, a river. Old Sai.
a, eu. ^lia. See also Ab.
Abh, ill its original acceptation, is & jiuid, and from this root
are derived :i|i words that imply fluidity, or the action or motion
of fluids, as vlII as many words which imply motion Hence also
amnis, a river, and abtiuinn, a river; properly abh-an, the (lowing
element. See also atnh.
Abhac, aic, (more properly ahhag.) A terrier; a dwarf, a
sprite; also, in derision, a petulant person. N. pi. abhaic,
or abhacan.
Abh-ciùil, s f. A musical instrument.
Abhacan, n. pi. of abhac. Terriers.
.i^BiiACAS, s. m. andy! Diversion, sport, ridicule, merriment;
boisterous day. Ball abhacais, a laughing stock. — Stew. Jer.
Fear na h-abhacais, a merry fellow, a man for merriment.
t Abhach, a. Joyful, glad, humorous; sportful, merry.
Cump. and sup. abhaiche, tnore or most joyful ; now written
aobhach; which see.
Abhaiche, com. and sup. of abhach, more or most joyful.
Abhachd, s./. (//-OCT abhach.) Joy, humour, hilarity ; gibe;
irony; jesting; also capability. Ri h-abhachd, merry
making. — Macint. A togail abhachd, raising joy. — Old
Song.
Abhachdach, a. Humorous, merry, joyous, joyful ; jolly,
corpulent; inclined to gibe, jesting, or raillery. Gu li-ab-
hachdach,_;o3//«//j/. — Macint. .Com. and sup. abhachdaiche,
more or most humorous.