noíb

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === nóeb === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *noibos (compare Gaulish Noibio), from Proto-Indo-European *neybʰ- (“blessed, holy, fortunate”); cognate with Old Persian 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/, “good, beautiful”) (Persian نیو (niv, “brave, valiant”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̪oːi̯β/ (all genders nominative sg, m/n dative/accusative sg, all genders genitive pl) IPA(key): /ˈn̪oːi̯βʲ/ (m vocative/genitive sg, f dative/accusative sg, n genitive sg; m nominative pl) === Adjective === noíb holy, sacred (nominalized) saint ==== Inflection ==== ==== Quotations ==== c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b2 c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51a18 c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 69a21 ==== Derived terms ==== noíbaid ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: náem Irish: naomh Manx: noo Scottish Gaelic: naomh === Verb === ·noíb third-person singular preterite conjunct of noíbaid === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noíb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language