n io, n., later m. (vn. of for-fen). n
s. forbe
Wb. 3d5
.
forbae,
20d16
. a
s.
forbae,
Sg. 147b3
. d
s. forbu
Wb. 3d6
.
Ml. 15a5
.
50c14
. forba (m.; n
p. -dha)
IGT,
Decl. § 2 (p. 39x)
.
(a)
finishing, completing; end, termination:
iar forbu in gnimo,
Ml. 15a5
.
iar forbu a glíad,
Fél. Apr. 19
.
iar forba uird in chelebartha,
Lat. Lives 84
(=
bhforbhudh,
Lism. L. 1607
).
o forbu na do[i]ri Babilonda
co gein Crist
,
Rawl. 74a36
=
forba na daire ...,
BB 6b46
.
iar forbai ... na comairle ... dō after he had decided on a
plan
PH 92
.
f.¤ ┐ crich do dul for in forbunn rechtaide la
tuidecht soscela,
3450
.
crich ┐ f.¤ in tsoegail,
3579
. orba
cindti f.¤ a bethad dó as soon as the end of his life was certain
BColm. 96.5
.
co tanic f.¤ noí mís,
Ériu vii 223
.
tanic A. asin
sruth iar f.¤ na .uii. la .xl.,
LB 113a29
(=
ḟorbad,
YBL
159a51
).
sepultus est ... a haithli sechtmogat bliadan do f.¤
ZCP viii 111.29
.
i bhf.¤ na seachtmaine,
RC xliii 36 § 33
. is me
tosach na huili dulai, is me a forbai = principium et finis
Fen. 1z
. Absol. :
in tindscetal ┐ in f.¤
,
RC xxiv 192.11
.
gach ndereoil ar tus ┐ gach sainemail co forbu at the end
Auraic. 519
(= omne bonum postponitur). In local sense:
i forbha ┐ i n-imell i[n] tíri,
CCath. 1637
.
docom an daingin
boi i f.¤ in caisil,
3711
.
Used adverbially:
f.¤
ráithe do bhí i mbroinn a full
quarter,
Dán Dé xi 15
. beith f.¤ raithi ag forbaisi ... doibh
AU ii 526
.
(b)
culmination, crown:
indisit ... don forbai ┐ don
forciund tṡainemail dorat fa deoid for a rith mbuadai .i.
rochtain ... co hattreb parrduis,
LB 30b57
(= fhorbadh,
Lism. L. 745
).
(c)
perfection, highest point, acme: forbae caíngníma
(gl. in omni sapientia et prudentia)
Wb. 20d16
.
(d) the best (of a class or number); the greater part
(cf.
1 formna): no fiurad f.¤ Ulad uili al-lán do lind used to suffice
the whole (or all the nobles ?) of the Ulaid,
TFerbe 748
. co
tudchaid Aedan ... ┐ f.¤ Saxan ┐ Bretan ┐ fer nAlban imbi
YBL 126a18
.
gu ndrocair mac righ F. gu bhforbha a
mhuinnteri,
Caithr. CC § 82
.
tiucfat fir Chualann atuaid
| f.¤ a sluaig,
Acall. 2684
.
buailis in ainbhthine forbha
in loingis,
Marco P. 149
[os fhorbha righ in betha,
142
,
may be a misspelling of orb(b)a, q.v.].
f.¤ ar n-ech is forbha
ar sēd,
ZCP viii 548.22
(=
formna,
TBC-LL¹ 1673
).
Goill Rosa
Comain uile d'[ḟ]orba do marbadh,
AU ii 408
(=
urmhór
Gall R.C. do marbadh,
AFM 1307
, see formór).
ba suail
ná rochuirset do láthair in dá oirecht eturru ┐ f.¤ in chóicid
ar chena,
SG 63.30
=
CCellaig 871
(`it wanted but little of
both Iracht's extinction, or even of the whole province brought
to an end'
SG ii 67
, but there is no disjunction in the Irish
here: they all but overthrew the two assemblies and the best
of the remainder of the province ?).
Cf.
attá sund f.¤ fessa fer ṅHerenn,
LL 129b47
. docuatar-san i forbha a bhfesa ┐ a n-eolusa (of druids resorting
to their magic)
RC xliii 36 § 33
(corresp. to: i formna a
feasa, etc.
48 § 36. See 1 formna). tuc f.¤ n-ecomluinn ┐ sinedh
romor for a churp (of a violent effort),
42 § 40
.