badhbha

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish badbda (“appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal”), from Old Irish bodbdae.

Adjective

badhbha

  1. martial, warlike
Declension
Declension of badhbha
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative badhbha bhadhbha badhbha;
bhadhbha2
vocative bhadhbha badhbha
genitive badhbha badhbha badhbha
dative badhbha;
bhadhbha1 		bhadhbha badhbha;
bhadhbha2
Comparative níos badhbha
Superlative is badhbha

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

badhbha f pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of badhbh (“hooded crow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of badhbha
radical lenition eclipsis
badhbha bhadhbha mbadhbha

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

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