ÀIBHEIS

ÀIBHEIS, 22, a large empty house, and a large clumsy person. B’e ’n àibheis e.

 

I have heard this pronounced “aye-vish” (when read blind from a list of words), and “eh-vish” (a big àibheis-y man, South Uist),and “aa-vish”, (a big àibheis of a house”, Eriskay).

It was noted in Garrynamonie in 1988-9 that àibheis was a large, clumsy person.

 

 

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