badb

See also: Badb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • (early) bodb

Etymology

From Badb, the name of a war goddess.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baðv/

Noun

badb f (genitive baidb)

  1. hooded crow
  2. witch

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
badb badb
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbadb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • badb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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