Irish edit

Etymology edit

Calque of English.

Noun edit

baintreach dhubh f (genitive singular baintrí duibhe, nominative plural baintreacha dubha)

  1. black widow (spider)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baintreach dhubh bhaintreach dhubh mbaintreach dhubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • black+widow”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024