v (*dí-gaib-, Ped. ii 528 ) Indic. pres. 3 s. digaib, Laws iv 56.26 . -dígaib. Impf. 3 s. ní dígbad , LU 10021 (or pass. pret.?). Subj. pres. 3 s. (with perfective part.) arna dergaba , Wb. 10d13 . 3 pl. co ndergabdais , TBC² 806 . Condit. 3 s. na dige- bad , Mon. Tall. § 61 . Pret. and perf. 3 s. dogab-som, Mon. Tall. § 60 . do-r-ragab, ib. durogab, Ml. 34d18 . 3 pl. durogabsat, 108a6 . Pass. pres. s. dogaibther, Sg. 28b20 . pl. do-n- gaibter, 218a9 . Fut. pl. ní digebtar , Ml. 73d13 . Perf. dorogbad, 17a13 . dirogbad, Sg. 9b16 . Part. digabthe, Ml. 45c12 . pl. digabthi, 107c7 . Vn. dígbad, dígbál. In later lang. as simple vb. dígbaid. IGT Verbs § 63 .

(a) takes away, removes (with DE from): gl. eximere, Ml. 34d18 , 73d13 , 107c7 , adimere, 108a6 . dem[o] .i. dighbaim, Auraic. 582 . dirogbad .a. díib (the vowel) a has been taken from them, Sg. 9b16 . nisdigaib ni dib acht is tuilled péine, FA § 16 LB = ni dingaib, LU 2098 . digaib do log-eneach eireach it takes away from the honour-price of a chief, Laws iv 56 . inti digbas ni dia tir, iii 50.14 Comm. sicip hé dígbas in n-eclais si dot síl, Trip.² 751 . ní dígbad ní día ubull cacha toimled de, LU 10021 . co-ndergabdais a n-imneth sin dind tslóg that they might remove that annoyance from the host, TBC² 806 . ron-áil fair cona tormaigfed nó na digebad cid a oenfhocul dia briathraib that he would neither add nor take away, Mon. Tall. § 61 . ó ndigaibther sé lathi díb-sin, PH 4931 . o dóenib rodigbad ┐ ic Día tarrasair from men he was taken away, RC xx 400 ( ACC § 120 Comm. ). ni derna di formut ní digbas cuil `as much as a fly removes' (as much as makes a fly smaller, i.e. a very small amount?), 278 ( ACC § 105 ). With AR (FOR) of pers. affected: a ndigaib airi in droch-ime what the bad sence takes from it (i.e. the damage done by the fence), Laws iv 156.12 Comm. in ní dígba forut i n-aimsir th'aine tabair don bocht (= quod tibi subtrahis), PH 4964 . tír arar digbait renna in lae ┐ na haidci a land deprived of, CCath. 3815 . dígébthair thall a lochta ┐ a n-anmi ar a corpaib, RC xxv 244 . dígébthair ind forcraid forru, 238 . dogabad uirre . . . nách soised inber na mbárc she was prevented from reaching (?), Met. Dinds. iii 38 .

(b) lessens, diminishes: gl. diminuere, Sg. 218a9 . imminuere, Ml. 45c12 . arna dergaba línn cretmech, Wb. 10d13 . nisdígaib al-lenamain it did not lessen their attachment (?), Hy. v 26 . dobert secht multu úade | a trét nísdígaib al-lín, 36 . ma dogabthar a fít if his ration is diminished, Mon. Tall. § 63 . is sain recht i ndigabar | i tormagar cuit there are special con- ditions for diminishing and increasing rations, ZCP xiii 28 . crinaid aicmi na fer ṁborbb | digbaid a n-aicmi cid ard (of the church), LL 150a15 . ní dígaib a sollsi-side cia annaither connli aile friu, Alex. 813 = ni digbaid, Anecd. v 1 . ní dígbaither rath na baiste co bás, Todd Lect. vi 27 . ná dí[g]badh ná tormaiged a riagail, LB 234 marg. sup. digeba a promad a tein, duforma erlam for nem it will lessen his term in purgatory, ZCP iii 451.23 . With IMM: rosdigbatar Romanaigh imma miltnecht deprived it of (lessened it by?) their soldiery, Anecd. iii 66 . ni digbunn a lān eineclunn ium nech it does not lessen anyone's full honour-price, Laws i 58.14 Comm.

(c) do-gaibther lám (a phrase of doubtful meaning in Laws Comm.): nocon-uil arra do righ noco digbaither a lam (`until his hand is emptied', i.e. by paying a fine?), iii 132 . mar digbad lamh geill, íctur diabludh do neoch imar digbadh a láimh fris, ii 132 . nocon écen arra do rígh ór na rodigbadh a lamh, iii 134 . aithgin gach neich imar dighbad a lam, O'C. 1023 ( H. 3.18 431b ). See 2 do-érig.

(d) In follg. ex. perh. loses, parts with: cidh na leigi damsa uait í ┐ gach ní rodíoghbhais ria dobérsa dhuit whatever you have lost by her (?) (`whatever dower you have given for her'), TFrag. 172 .