adj
o, ā. O.Ir. n
s.
noíb
.
noeb,
Thes. ii 294.30
(
SP iv 4
). g
s
m.
noíb
,
Wb. 6d11
. n
p
m. (as subst.)
ind
noíb
,
21c5
;
noeb,
SR 441
,
8193
. a
p
m.
noiba,
Ml. 37b4
. (as subst.)
noíbu,
Wb. 7b2
,
Ml.
37b16
(noibu). g
p.
noíb
,
Wb. 13c26
. d
p.
noibaib,
4c37
,
Ml.
51a16
. In Ml. generally written without accent.
In early Mid.Ir. the commonest form of n
s. is noeb
(SR),
with variants noem, naeb, naem (all of which occur in LU),
naob (
Mon. Tall. 127.12
,
130.27
,
131.17
), the form
noíb
being
used in g
s
m. and n
p
m. Later noem prevails (commonest form
in PH), giving way to naem(h) and mod. naomh.
croch náom,
IGT Dec. § 196
(g
s
f. náoime, d
s
f. náoimh, n
p. náomha).
Of persons holy; of things sacred, consecrated; used both in
inflected forms after a noun and as indecl. before one, the
latter usage being common with proper names in the sense
saint
. In Glosses renders Lat. sanctus.
is noeb cach oen
dugní toil ind ríg,
Thes. ii 294.30
.
corrop noíb for n-anim,
Wb. 16a21
. i mbethid noib
a holy life,
Ml. 74d9
.
Críst macc
Maire noíbe,
Fél. Prol. 338
(noeime, nóebe v.l.). v
s
m. á rí
noíb
! ib.
Ep. 37.
v
p
m.
a aithrecha noemu!,
PH 19.
v
p
f.
a
chaillecha noemu!,
3399
(for noema). Of things:
huanaib
aidmib noibaib ro batar hi tempul,
Ml. 74a13
.
for altórib
nóebaib,
Fél. Ep. 348.
superl.
cona chléir as nóebu,
Fél.
May 27
, cf.
Jan. 20.
Iacob as noíbem,
July 14
. With npr.:
itge ind noíb Thomáis,
Dec. 21
(noeib v.l.).
admuinemmar
noeb Patraicc,
Hy. iii 1.
gnúis náem Míchil,
PH 6389.
sancta
Brigida .i. noem Brigit,
Lism. L. 1218
.
As subst. neut.: dugén a nnoib-sa I will do this holy thing,
Ml. 69a21
. Very common as subst. m. and f. a holy person,
a saint
, in Mid.Ir. relig. lit. generally in technical sense either
of a professed religious or of a saint; also applied to the spirits
of the blest after death.
ind noíb ata ellachti hi Crist,
Wb.
21c5
.
comthinól inna noíb
,
ib. 7
.
cech nóeb boí, fil, bías,
Fél.
Ep. 289.
taithmet nóeb ṅ-óige,
ib. 131
. naim íarthair in
domain the saints of the western world,
FA 4
(
LU 1973
= noím
LB). ind aine . . . dos-forslaic [sic leg.] Colum C. for noebaib
Herenn C.C. relaxed the fast for the religious of Ireland,
Mon. Tall. 68.
ag naomh nó ag ban-naomh,
TSh. 1048
(of canonized
saints). Of the elect in heaven:
indocbáil inna noíb i nnim,
Wb. 13c26
.
na noeb is ind noebaiṅgil,
SR 8193.
ni fil . . . fíal
. . . eter mu[n]tir nime ┐ inna nóemu,
FA 5.
tír na naeb,
4
(LU = na noem LB).
goirthear naoimh dona marbhaibh bhíos
i bpurgadóir,
TSh. 4868.
Compds.
(a) common. with nouns. in sense
holy, sacred,
pertaining to a saint or the Church
, etc.
¤aingel: n
p.
noebaiṅgil,
SR 8193.
tongu-sa . . . tar mo nóebaingliu,
Ériu ii 196
§ 13
.
PH 8085.
¤ainm:
nóebainm Petair apstail,
Fél. Prol.
109.
¤apstal,
Fél. May 30
.
PH 1630.
¤arbar: muinter
nimi noebarbar a holy host,
SR 8255.
co nóebairbrib aingel,
Fél. Ep. 344.
¤canóin: g
s.
ina noebchanone,
Hib. Min.
12.395
.
¤corp:
ic foillsiugud na noemcorp,
PH 1580
(of
bodies of saints).
naoimhchorp Antonius,
Keat. iii 779
(leg.
naomh-).
¤decheṅg `a holy pair',
Fél. Nov. 21.
¤dúil
a holy creature
,
Hy. v 41
(nóeb-).
SR 7422.
¤epscop,
Fél.
Ep. 253.
¤erlam: naomhērlamh a holy patron,
Ériu iv 236 y
.
Colum Cille an naoímhérlamh,
AFM vi 1968.5
.
¤fis(s) :
naoimhfhios,
Keat. iii 466
(poem); a name given to the
Senchas Mór.
¤fót: naomhfód (of site of a monastery),
BNnÉ 262.24
.
¤gein holy offspring (child),
Ériu i 122.16
(noeim-).
¤gérat
holy champion
,
Fél. Aug. 4.
¤grád: noí
noebgraid (of the celestial hierarchy),
SR 1811.
¤ingen :
i n-enccai nóebingen,
Hy. vii 20.
¤itge,
Fél. July 19
.
Hy. v
92
.
¤légend: do néblégund sacred reading (literature),
Mon. Tall. 25.
¤mairtirech:
PH 6173.
¤máthir,
Fél. Aug. 16.
¤muinter,
Fél. May 13
.
¤nem:
do noebnim,
SR 312
,
6842
,
7116
.
¤óg (úag) f. a holy virgin: n
p.
nuíbhuaga,
SR 441.
nóemóga,
LU 1991
(
FA 6
).
deich nóebóga,
Fél. Feb. 28.
drong nóebúag; ib.
Ep. 252.
i n-oentaid noemóg,
PH 6172.
¤port: naomhport do Connachtoib (of a religious centre)
BNnÉ 258.4
.
¤prainn:
nóebphroinn cen ṡáith,
Ériu ii 65
§ 8
.
nasadh naebhprainne,
AFM i 514 x
(poem) =
Bruchst. i
§ 108
, where Meyer emends: nasad noíbrainne the assembly
of the company of saints.
¤rath,
SR 7154.
¤reilic: féil nóebreilce ṅ-úasal `of holy relics',
Fél. Oct. 1.
¤rí,
SR 7975.
Ériu iv 236.4
.
¤riagal:
fo noíbriaguil recht,
SR 2339.
¤scríbend: a
p.
noimscribinna,
Hib. Min. 3.87
;
ib. 82
(noeb-).
¤scriptuir: g
s.
noibscreptra,
Hib. Min. 12.409
.
¤senchas :
duain naoimhsheanchais of ecclesiastical history,
Keat. iii 749.
¤spirut,
Fél. Ep. 354.
¤tech: dochum naemtaigi sanctuary,
church,
Ériu v 120.22
.
¤teglach:
Ériu i 122.34
(naob-).
¤tlacht,
SR 1308.
eter náemtlachtaib spirtáldaib nimi,
LU
2473.
¤trethan : n
p.
noebtrethna,
SR 494.
¤trínóit: g
s.
na
noemtrinoti,
PH 1603.
In mod. lang. somet. forms a genuine compd. with noun,
modifying the meaning of the latter; e.g. naomh-athair
a Father of the Church, see
TSh. 6715
,
8272
. naomh-athais
blasphemy
, defined as:
athais do thabhairt o breithir do Dhia
no do náomhaibh,
Parrth. Anma 157.13
;
71.19
(
Luc. Fid. 96.8
,
37.4
).
(b) with adj.:
neimhedh naem-ainglech,
Acall. 500.
nemh
naemhcert `heaven of holy right',
BNnÉ 268.4
.
o ríg nime
nóebfind,
SR 5488.
do ruirig nime nóebgil,
6886
.
Noe
nóebglan,
7302
.
for nim noebnár,
782
.
o ruirig nime noebuáig,
5878
, cf.
fri loscud n-edpart noebúaig,
4262
(g
p., form
due to rhyme). ?
naombrethach gach n-iardaighi .i. isi in
naomad breath doberar do iaramdighe,
23 Q 6 p. 10a
(
O'Curry 1637
)
=
naoimbrethach,
H 3.17 c. 439
(
O'D. 561
); taken by
glossator as a compd. of noí which, however, aspirates the follg.
initial consonant in composition.
(c) exceptionally with vb.:
co noebthanic Dia do nim,
SR
2153.
briathra lé naomhchoisrighther í with which it (the
Eucharistic wafer) is consecrated,
Ó Héodhusa 198.14
, cf.
Parrth. Anma 209.16
,
Luc. Fid. 133.1
, and the vn.
naomhchoisreagadh,
Parrth. Anma 211.3
,
Luc. Fid. 134.7
.