taibhs

taibhs, taibhse

an apparition, ghost, Irish taibhse, vision, ghost, Middle Irish tadhbais, phantasma, Old Irish taidbse, demonstratio, tadbat, demonstrat, *tad-bat or *to-ad-bat, root bat, show, see, speak, Indo-European bhâ, bhan as in bàn, q.v. Greek $$Gfántasma, English phantasm, and phantom are closely allied to the Gaelic