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fadhb

fadhb

Irish

Alternative forms

adhb
fadhbh
faidhb

Noun

fadhb f ‎(genitive singular faidhbe, nominative plural fadhbanna)

knot (in timber)
callosity
lump (from blow); lump-raising blow
lumpy object
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

Terms derived from fadhb

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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"fadhb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.