appee

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish abaid, from Old Irish apaig (compare Irish aibí, Scottish Gaelic abaich), from ad- + bongaid (“to reap, pluck”).

Adjective

appee

1. ripe
2. mature

   Antonyms: anappee, neuappee

3. due (of debt, bills, etc.)

Derived terms

• appee roish yn traa
• appeeid
• appeeys

 

Related terms

• appeeit

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language