badbda

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

  • bodbda
  • badbaide
  • bodbada

Etymology

From Old Irish bodbdae; synchronically Badb (goddess of battle and death, often appearing in the form of a hooded crow) +‎ -da (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

badbda

  1. appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal

Descendants

Mutation

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

References

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