fadhb

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhb
• fadhbh
• faidhb

Etymology

From Middle Irish fodb, odb, from Old Irish odb (“knot in a tree, branch; lump, swelling, protuberance; knotty point, difficulty, problem”), from Proto-Celtic *odbos (compare Welsh oddf), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁, *h₂óst (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠəibˠ/

Noun

fadhb f (genitive singular faidhbe, nominative plural fadhbanna)

1. knot (in timber)
2. callosity
3. lump (from blow); lump-raising blow
4. lumpy object
5. knotty problem, poser

Declension

Declension of fadhb

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fadhb fadhbanna Vocative a fhadhb a fhadhbanna Genitive faidhbe fadhbanna Dative fadhb faidhb (archaic, dialectal) fadhbanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhadhb na fadhbanna Genitive na faidhbe na bhfadhbanna Dative leis an bhfadhb leis an bhfaidhb (archaic, dialectal) don fhadhb don fhaidhb (archaic, dialectal) leis na fadhbanna

Derived terms

• fadhb dá laghad (“no problem”)
• fadhbach (“knotty; callous; lumpy; knotty, problematical, puzzling”, adj)
• fadhbáil f (“(act of) striking, slogging”)
• fadhbairne m (“lumpy object, large object of its kind”)
• fadhbán m (“(small) knot, lump”)
• fadhbóg f (“(small) lump; whopping lie”)
• fo-fhadhb f (“rider”)

 

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “odb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadhb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN