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”).

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
• fadhbach
• fadhbáil
• fadhbairne
• fadhbán
• fadhbóg
• fo-fhadhb

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fadhb	fhadhb	bhfadhb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fadhb”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “odb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faḋḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 290
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadhb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN