bád

See also: bad, Bad, bað, båd, and բադ

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bád

1. to simulate

References

• Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɑːd̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /bˠæːd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bát (compare Scottish Gaelic bàta, Manx baatey), borrowed from Old English bāt.

Noun

bád m (genitive singular báid, nominative plural báid)

1. boat

   Synonym: nae

Usage notes

• Although bád is grammatically masculine, it is used with feminine pronouns; compare the use of she to refer to boats in English.

Declension

Declension of bád

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bád báid Vocative a bháid a bháda Genitive báid bád Dative bád báid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bád na báid Genitive an bháid na mbád Dative leis an mbád don bhád leis na báid

Derived terms

• bád canála (“canal boat”)
• bád guail (“collier”)
• bád iascaireachta (“fishing boat”)
• bád rotha (“paddleboat”)
• bádóir (“boatman”)
• báidín (“dinghy; canoe”)
• luasbhád (“speedboat”)

 

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• bádhad (obsolete)

Verb

bád

1. (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of báigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bád	bhád	mbád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bád”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bát”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82