Badb
See also: badb
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *bodwā (“fight”), from the same root as *boudi (“victory”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰówdʰi (“victory”); compare Old Irish búaid (“victory”), Welsh budd (“profit”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Badb f
- (Irish mythology) A goddess of battle and death, often appearing in the form of a hooded crow.
Declension edit
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | BadbL | — | — |
| Vocative | BadbL | — | — |
| Accusative | BaidbN | — | — |
| Genitive | Baidbe | — | — |
| Dative | BaidbL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
- badb f (“hooded crow; scald-crow”)
- badbda (“appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Badb | Badb pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mBadb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “badb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language