n n, f. A dark or mysterious vision : d.¤ do dóinib, LL 123 a 11 .

n n, f. vn. of do-adbat. O. Ir. forms. n s. taidbsiu , Wb. 13b1 . 14d1 . Ml. 42b9 . taibsiu, Sg. 209b28 . taidbse, 211b4 . taidbsin (sic leg.), SR 5823 . a s. taidbsin, Ml. 40a15 . SR 2207 . taidbsiu , 2584 . g s. taidbsen, Ml. 128c7 . 128d11 . d s. taidbsin, 39c22 . 56c11 . 145c8 . Sg. 6b5 . 183b3 . 200b3 . taidbsiu , Wb. 6d6 . 10d37 . 19b14 . Sg. 173a8 . taidbse, Ml. 30b11 . 94c10 . Sg. 40b15 . 140a4 . 149b4 . 151a5 . Similar forms occur in Mid. Ir. g s. taidbsen, LB 107a29 . d p. táidbsenaib, PH 8009 . taidbsib, LU 4038 . In Mod. Ir. forms in -n are unusual in sg. while surviving in pl.: n s. taidhbhse, Content. xiii 23 . a s. taidhbhse, v 152 . g s. taidbsi, MR 302.14 . n p. taidbsin, SG 316.13 . taidhbhsina, CCath. 4793 . taidhbhsedha, TTebe 3693 . a p. taidhbhsionna, Comp. CC 97.13 . g p. taidhbsi, CCath. 901 (taidbhsin, v.l.). d p. thaidbhsitibh, Comp. CC 91.15 . IGT Decl. § 3 (dental pl.).

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(a) showing, pointing out (in O. Ir. Glosses generally in more abstract sense manifesting, demonstrating, proving): do thaidbsin in daee infolngithi `to manifest the hidden God,' Wb. 10d37 . ar thaidbsin nihelsa far .u. `for shewing the nullity of u,' Sg. 6b5 . th.¤ gl. argumentum, Ml. 42b9 . cosin tadbse il gl. cum multa ostencione, 30b11 . hi taidbsin gl. in ostentationem, 128d12 . Cf. Hib. Min. 8.255 . With foll. clause: do th.¤ as fírdia, Wb. 6d6 . du thaidbsin nad ndichil ní ar dia, Ml. 56c11 . do thaidbse rombói for .r. `to shew that it was in r' (faciatur), Sg. 140a4 . ni do taidbsin aigillne fair not to prove that he is liable to (?), Laws ii 224.16 Comm. do thaidibsin dun is tre metur ro ceta, Hib. Min. 6.193 . Outside the Glosses generally showing, giving to view in physical sense: conid taibsiu aidmillti do Choin Chulaind la háes sidi sin showing spells to C.C., LU 4034 (SC). rí rorádi co dána | fri Móise t.¤ a lama, SR 3818 . tinait ┐ feodaigit ... iar n-a taidbsin (of fruit in the reign of an evil king), PH 4244 . re taidbsin a n-ecosca, Fél. 46.34 . cuinghidh deilbe in righ do taidbsin doibh ara caimhe, LL 393b9 . la taidbsin fainni a show of weakness (?), SR 6547 . cia ris nach comartha taidbsi thiug-bhása dam-sa is debhaidh sea léodh ma leath-láma a manifest sign (?), MR 302.14 . taidhbhsin .i. taisbénadh, O'Cl. nimtha aon gníomh dibh sin uile do taidbsin `to exhibit ,' TFrag. 38.6 .

(b) Hence appearance, look, seeming, seeing: (doadb)adar in t.¤ hi siu `this appearance is manifested,' Wb. 13b1 . dús in fagbad ... | t.¤ do thir na talmain (the dove sent from the Ark), SR 2584 . taidbsi baisi, Laws ii 76.20 Comm. dosberad fo thaidbsin troch `would make them seem like men doomed to death,' RC xiv 404.26 . ba lía a n-aiream ana taidhbhsi they were more numerous than they seemed (?), BB 32a39 . Cf. uille a tharbha iná a thaidhbhsi (of a book), Ó Héodhusa 3.4. is bia-su ro (? leg. re) taidbsin toi | acum frit aimsir d'oenmnai, Rawl. 82b17 (cheville). dobēr-sa taidbsi trī cath fort `I shall make it appear as if thou hadst three battalions,' BColm. 92.27 . oc aisneis do'n taidbsin telling about the appearance (of Christ after Resurrection), PH 6689 . taidhbsi theinead, dín ar tréd (of a shield), ZCP viii 227 § 4 . taidhbhse mheala millse a sreabh `the sweetness of her rivers is a vision of sweet honey,' TD 13.2 .

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(a) ostentation, display, proud appearance: an cúigeadh sin cloinne hÍr | chuire mar thaidhbhse i nbhar dtír `which you claim as a proud possession,' Content. v 152 . a dhuine théid i dtaidhbhse | ar bhláth bhréige an domhain-se `O thou who growest proud of the vain beauty of this world,' A. Ó Dálaigh xl 12. conach ó[i]r na airgid na taibhsi in domhuin(?) brégaidh, Lib. Flav. i 22d21 . da rabhuid beag ┐ a mbeith ag dol i ttaidhbhsi parvae et admodum eminentes (suppurationes), 23 K 42, 203.8 . Of persons: uchán, as mé an taidbse truagh spectacle , ACL iii 305 iv § 7 . a thaidhbhse ár gcrú `our race's ideal,' Ó Bruad. i 20.

(b) vision, dream, phantasm: dēnum a aircetal do Ébir ┐ do Dund co taibsenaib ilardhaib, Anecd. v 23 n. 9 . ni roibi d'Aenias don sceol sin adconnairc acht taibsi ina menmain amal bis duine iar n-aislinge, Aen. 1454 . na taidbsensa (the Transfiguration), LB 107a29 . taidbsi do p[h]ecdachu `warning visions,' MacCongl. 73.22 . cridenbas na taidhbsi donarfas doibh, CCath. 901 . tucsad aithni fair gurub taidbsi tugad do, Lib. Flav. ii 4a39 áit i bhfuilid taidhbhseana ┐ tadhbháis, TSh. 6678.

(c) ghost, apparition, image (of a particular person or thing): conid frisna taidbsib sin atberat na haneolaig síde, LU 4039 . ni crand acht t.¤ ṡidi, LL 27b44 . atchonnac na tailchenna | is t.¤ na naem, SG 367.14 . scuchad fri scáth ┐ táidbsi be startled by a shadow and an apparition (?), LB 157a61 . ionmhuin taidhbhse táinig sonn | aréir trem chodladh chugom, TD 39.2 . taidhbhse anma gan anam, Dánta Gr. 47.16 .

Note also: scraiph sceas tonn taidbsi lir `the foam(?) cast up by the mighty wave of the sea,' Ériu ix 47 § 15 . no ma truma tarrastur tanuise do tiuglaithi taidbhsi teora tonn .i. do ni triar la innraic a fuil for innraic na la eisinnraic for eisinnraic, H 3.17 col. 438 ( O'D. 556 ). taibhsi ag mnáibh na ccíghibh corra | láimh re mílidh Dhroma Deirg, IGT Decl. ex. 1980.