feobhas

feobhas
I.
feabhas, feobhas
goodness, "betterness", Irish feabhus, Old Irish febas, superiority, feib, distincion, *visus, g. vesv-iás (Thurneysen, Zeit.$$+28 149, and Brug.), from vesu- or vesv-, as in fiù, q.v. Stokes doubtfully compares Latin vigeo, English vigour (Bez. Beit.$$+19 75).
II.
goodness; See feabhas.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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