- feobhas
- I.feabhas, feobhasgoodness, "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. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.