refuse, Irish obaim, Old Irish obbaim, obbad (inf.); referred to ud-bad, "out-speak", the prefix ud-, out (allied to English out, Sanskrit ud, out, of) and ba, speak, Indo-European bha, Latin fari, Greek $$Gfa in $$Gfcmí. Ascoli gives the root as ben (see bean), repellere.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language.
Alexander Gairm Publications.
1982.