Reconstruction:Gaulish/bodua

This Gaulish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Gaulish

Etymology

Affirmed indirectly by immediately derived personal names Bodua in Gaulish and Boduia presumably in Latin and derived itself from Proto-Celtic *bodwo- (“fighting”). The ascertainment and development of its semantics is partly difficult but the relation to the Irish raven battle goddess Badb, with Old Irish badb being an evident and sufficiently early cognate, can not be discarded anyways. The proper noun *Catubodua of the corresponding Gaulish deity is relatable but was derived separately from Proto-Celtic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbod.wa]

Noun

*bodua f

1. A female fighter.
2. (mythology) A female raven or crow related to war.
3. (uncommon, by extension) A female raven or crow.

Declension

    declension of Gaulish/bodua (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative *bodā *bodās Vocative *bodā *bodās Accusative *bodan1, *bodim2 *bodās Genitive *bodās1, *bodiās2 *bodanom Dative *bodī *bodābo Instrumental *bodia1, *bodī2 *bodābi Locative *bodī *bodābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

References

• "bodua" in Delamarre, Xavier (2003), Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise - Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Paris: Errance