Badb

See also: badb

Old Irish
FWOTD – 30 April 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bodwā (“fight”), from the same root as *bowdi (“victory”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰówdʰi (“victory”); compare Old Irish búaid (“victory”), Welsh budd (“profit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baðv/

Proper noun

Badb f

  1. (Irish mythology) A goddess of battle and death, often appearing in the form of a hooded crow.

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative BadbL — —
Vocative BadbL — —
Accusative BaidbN — —
Genitive Baidbe — —
Dative BaidbL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • badb f (“hooded crow; scald-crow”)
  • badbda (“appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal”, adjective)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Badb Badb
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mBadb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “badb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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