gríbda

Old Irish

Etymology

From gríb (“gyrfalcon, griffin; fierce warrior, hero, chieftain”) +‎ -da.

Adjective

gríbda

1. griffin-like

   Synonym: gríbach

   1. fierce, valorous
   2. (in a more general sense) fine, splendid

Descendants

• Irish: gríofa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gríbda	gríbda pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngríbda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríbda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language