badhbha
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish badbda (“appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal”), from Old Irish bodbdae.
Adjective edit
badhbha
Declension edit
Declension of badhbha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | badhbha | bhadhbha | badhbha; bhadhbha² | |
| Vocative | bhadhbha | badhbha | ||
| Genitive | badhbha | badhbha | badhbha | |
| Dative | badhbha; bhadhbha¹ |
bhadhbha | badhbha; bhadhbha² | |
| Comparative | níos badhbha | |||
| Superlative | is badhbha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “badhbha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “badbda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
badhbha f pl
- nominative/dative plural of badhbh (“hooded crow”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| badhbha | bhadhbha | mbadhbha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||