forbba

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish forbae.

Noun

forbba n

1. verbal noun of for·ben (“strike, cut”)
2. a smiting, cutting

Inflection

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Descendants

• Irish: forba

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forbba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language