badbda

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Middle Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

badbda

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: badhbha

Mutation[edit]

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.

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