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.

Further reading edit