n (later forbairt) ā, f. (vn. of for-beir) n
s.
forbart
Sg. 67b7
. forbbart (gl. abolitus ... abolitio)
52a8
. a
s. forbairt
127b3
. d
p. forbartaib (gl. incrementis)
Ml. 89c13
(oppd. to
diubartaib gl. detrimentis).
Growth, increase (of size, quantity, number): forbairt .i. for-brith .i. nī forbair iarna brith
[leg. for-beir which increases ?],
O'Mulc. 574
. forbairt
.i. biseach, fás nó síoladh, O'Cl. Of persons or animals:
forbartt ... no sergg na teora mbliadan growth or waste
during three years
IT i 144.22
= ata ... forbairt na teora
mbl. torro o sin gusaniu nō serg, etc.
ZCP v 501.35
.
nosn
altatar for feolaib ... ar daig comad luathite a forbairt,
Ériu iii 138.82
. murchat ... iarna fhorbairt do iascc,
`which has thriven on the fish'
BNnÉ 77.18
=
Lism. L. 3794
(perhaps here confused with airbert (biuth), cf. for-beir, f).
iar bhfás ┐ iar bhforbairt ... don mhac,
Keat. ii 3389
.
cumal
brond ar thucht ┐ forbairt,
Laws iv 362.4
(valuation of
members of the body; a `cumal' for the belly as being
the mainspring of comeliness and growth ?). serg na
saerchland ... la forbairt na n-athechthuath increase in
numbers
LL 144a27
.
bai forbairt for clainn Adaim o Adamh
co dilind,
BB 411a1
.
an forbairt ┐ an firbhiseach mór baí
for flaithes Mathgamhna,
Cog. 84.17
. re ḟorbartaibh feirge
access of fury
ML 128.13
=
ML² 1702
.
fearg ┐ fuasaoid
na fairrge ar bhfás ┐ ar bhforbairt,
ML 48.4
=
ML² 696
.
falta fīc[h]mōra ... ag fās ┐ ag forbairt isna feraibh sin
wrathful resentment growing and increasing
ML² 1138
.
fa
hingnad le macuib S. nert énlaích d'fhás nó d'forbairt
orra fēin,
1756
.
Swelling:
i forbairt mbain, .i. o forbres in ban cona airde na in tonn 'for a white swelling, i.e. when the whiteness [of the skin] swells so that it is higher than the surface'
Ériu lii 168-69 (Di Ércib Fola)
.
Large size or stature (?):
fuath fir co forbairt,
TBC-LL¹ 3321
=
farpairt,
TBC-I¹ 2523
; `mit hohem Wuchs'
Wind.; perhaps = of more than human stature. In gramm.
of increase by inflexion: f.¤ secha frecndairc (succino,
succinui)
Sg. 167a3
.
ata f.¤ and,
67b7
. cf.
52a8
, above.
Cf.
dar iadastar forbairt fortchide dar fuinneogaib ...
faircseana na flatha,
MR 270
(
YBL 311a1
).