badbda

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

  • bodbda, badbaide, bodbada

Etymology

From Old Irish bodbdae. By surface analysis, Badb (goddess of battle and death) + -da (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

badbda

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

Descendants

  • Irish: badhbha

Mutation

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

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