n ā, i, f. (fid + vn. of subst. vb., Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 14 ) fidbadh IGT, Decl. § 12 . fidhbaid, § 13 . fidbuth, Anecd. i 69 § 167 (Im. MD). d s. fiodhba (: diomdha), PBocht p. 20 § 1 . Trees (coll.), a wood or forest: is mo diri in craind bis i n-etarbib a thire oldas in crann bis a fidbaid cidh aonfidh, O'Curry 890 (< H 3.18, 377 ). ba fidbad tunc it was a wood then Dinds. 27 ( BB 365b11 ). fidbaidae fál ` hedge of trees ' Thes. ii 290.7 . tigither fál fidbaide, Alex. 739 . ind [ḟ]idbad (: fidrad), SR 1389 . cach caill, cach fidbaig, Anecd. i 19.13 . fidbuth uase cain a bolath toradh fuirre, 69 § 167 . tir fidbaige woodland Laws iv 102.4 Comm. druim fidbaidhe ` wooded ridge ' Dinds. 43 ( BB 373a35 ). in crand is ardi isin ḟidbuid, PH 4116 . ní slicht sinnaig ... i fasaig nā fidbaid LL 264b9 ( MU² 336 ). os mincrandaib fidbaidi, TTebe 2563 . snadmait a n-eochu don fhighbaid to the trees Marco P. 113 . Mac Aedha na Fidbaidhi hUi N. `A. Ó N. of the wood' AU ii 506 . fiodhbhuidh (synon. with diothramh, 2 fásach), Kirk = Eg. Gl. 214 . pl. teora fighbhuidi nofhasat imon cathraig, Marco P. 95 . idir ḟairrge is ḟiodhbhuidhe TD 28.34 . gaeth ... ro bris taighe ┐ fíodhbhadha, AFM ii 984.21 . claide fidbad uprooting woods Metr. Dinds. iii 332.1 . Transf. of timber: adhbha chiúil d'fíodhbhadh giumhuis of fir-wood 2 Samuel vi 5 . Fig. of spears: risna fidbadaib ... di ṡlegaib, LL 239b25 ( TTr. 1693 ). Cf. na hocht catha ... ina cro catha ... cona tuighi do clethcoilltibh āigh ┐ d'fidbadaib neime (2 fidba?), CCath. 4981 . fiodhbhaidh chraoiseach `spear-forest' (armed warriors) TD 29.39 . Of masts: ótchondaic in fidbaid imremair, LL 235b2 ( TTr. 1366 ). Of hair: f.¤ roás triana chenn, Ériu iv 94 § 12 . Of the skeleton: fiodhbhaidh chríon cnámha mo cholna, TSh. 3312 = Dánfhocail 127 . Of a genealogical tree, a family: síol A. ... craobha d'ḟiodhbhaidh inleanta, Content. xxix 24 . Of a person, scion: a ḟiodhbha úr don ḟréimh ríogh, A. Ó Dálaigh xii 8 .