badbda

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

  • bodbda, badbaide, bodbada

Etymology

From Old Irish bodbdae. By surface analysis, Badb (goddess of battle and death) +‎ -da (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

badbda

  1. appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal

Descendants

  • Irish: badhbha

Mutation

Mutation of badbda
radical lenition nasalization
badbda badbda
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbadbda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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