fadhb

Irish

Alternative forms

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
  • 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”)
  • fadhb dá laghad (“no problem”)
  • fadhbóg f (“(small) lump; whopping lie”)
  • fo-fhadhb f (“rider”)

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.

References
  • “odb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “faḋḃ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "fadhb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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