aiblins

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From able +‎ -lings.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.blɪnz/

Adverb

aiblins (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Perhaps, maybe. [Early 17th century.][1]
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
      ‘I'll no say but she may aiblins hae been his honour's Squire Thorncliff's in her day–but she's mine now.’

References
  1. “aiblins” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Scots

Etymology

able +‎ -lins

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈeblɪnz], [ˈjɛblɪnz], [ˈjɪblɪnz]

Adverb

aiblins (not comparable)

  1. perhaps
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