falbh

go falbhan, moving about, walking, waving, Irish foluamhain, bustling, running away, Early Irish folúamain, flying; See fo and luainech. Old Irish fulumain, volubilis, allied to Latin volvo, English wallow, would suit the phonetics best, but it does not appear in the later dialects. The verb falbh is made from falbhan. Hennessey referred the Gaelic to falamh, empty. Cf. Early Irish falmaigim, empty, quit (Zim.).