noíb

• nóeb

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”)).

Nominative singular all genders; dative/accusative singular masculine; dative singular neuter; genitive plural all genders:

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈oːi̯v/

Vocative/genitive singular masculine; dative/accusative singular feminine; genitive singular neuter; nominative plural masculine:

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈oːi̯vʲ/

noíb

1. holy, sacred
   • 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. 69^a21

     Co n-epred, “Du·gén a nnoíb sa ⁊ ní digén ⟨a n-⟩ærgarth{a}e se, cid accubur lium”; ní eper insin.

     So that he should say, “I will do this holy thing and I will not do this forbidden thing, though it is a desire of mine”; he does not say that.

2. (nominalized) saint
   • 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. 51^a18

     In tan imme·romastar són nach noíb, ara cuintea dílgud Dé isind aimsir sin.

     That is, when any saint sins, that he may seek the forgiveness of God at that time.

• noíbaid

• Irish: naomh
• Manx: noo
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh

·noíb

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of noíbaid

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “noíb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language