bandraoi

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

PIE word
*dóru

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ draoi (“druid”).

Noun

bandraoi m (genitive singular bandraoi, nominative plural bandraoithe)

1. druidess, sorceress, witch

Declension

Declension of bandraoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bandraoi bandraoithe Vocative a bhandraoi a bhandraoithe Genitive bandraoi bandraoithe Dative bandraoi bandraoithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bandraoi na bandraoithe Genitive an bhandraoi na mbandraoithe Dative leis an mbandraoi don bhandraoi leis na bandraoithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bandraoi	bhandraoi	mbandraoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bandraoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN