n ā, f. (cf. Lat. vervex, Vendryes
MSL xii
;
Pedersen Vgl. Gr.
i 63
,
RC xxiv 227
, cf. Pokorny,
ZCP xvii 305
)
IGT, Decl.
§ 39
.
(a) a cow (poetic word):
f.¤ .i. bó,
Corm. Y 584
.
RC
xx 250.4
.
fearb .i. bó,
O'Cl. Lec. Gl. 157
.
dha ṡenainm
ar bhúaibh, ferbh is laithri,
Metr. Gl., Ff. 16
. g
s. cen gert
ferbba (.i. bó) without a cow's milk
LU 562
(
ACC 8
).
RC xii
70.11
.
Menn ferba (.i. laegh bo do chur fa eilit),
ZCP xii
360.21
=
m. erbo (.i. laog bó),
ACL iii 310 § 2
.
baothān
ferb (.i. laogh bó),
ZCP v 484 § 9
(B. na f.). pl.
ferba .i.
bai,
LU 10369
.
teora ferba
,
Laws i 64.1
(.i. teora bai, ib.
15
).
teorae ferbai,
Corm. Y 585
. ferba brachtchi fatted
kine
LU 8886
(
FB 68
; glossed: bó LU, bui Eg.).
ruccatar
tricha ferbu (.i. bo) tricha láegh,
BNnÉ 45.12
.
cona chathchris do cholomnaib ferb,
TBC-LL¹ 2569
. colamna fearbh ... .i.
croicne bó, O'Cl. (cf. finnu ferb `cows' hair'
BDD 130
).
inar do croicnib ferb,
CCath. 4675
. fri hirad fearbbai
[s]ceo gabrai `bestowing of kine and horses'
Ériu viii 173.12
.
céad fearb,
ML 146.20
.
(b) a female deer, a hind
(a different
word = erp ?): g
s.
luas ainnli nó feirbe
,
CF 562
.
ITS v
156.19
(ferbe).
ZCP x 298.14
(eirbi).
sé mhíle fiadh ... a
n-éagmais aigh ┐ fearb,
Oss. vi 130.11
. In:
romarb in ferb
dia bois buirb (: lerg),
ZCP iii 23.18
(
Rawl. 80b
), prob. we
should read fer; the allusion is to the legend of S. Thomas,
see
Leg. Aurea, Dec. 21
. Cf. erp, ferbóc.
(c) Of a woman
:
fri smachtad ferpu 'in accordance with a cow's command',
BDC 142.614
.