faobh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fodb. Possible cognate with Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō, “push”). MacBain also suggests a possible connection with Ancient Greek ἄεθλον (áethlon, “war prize”) and English wager, but these are generally considered to be from different roots in current literature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɯːv/

Noun

faobh m (genitive singular faoibh, plural faoibh)

1. spoils, booty (especially of a dead person)
2. windfall

Derived terms

• faobh a' chogaidh (“spoils of war”)
• faobhaich (“plunder, despoil, strip”, verb)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
faobh	fhaobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “faobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN