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.).
I
(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
.
II
(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.