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.