badhbh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish badb (crow, witch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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badhbh f (genitive singular baidhbhe, nominative plural badhbha)

  1. war-goddess
  2. hooded crow
    • between 1583 and 1591, Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn, “Cath Droma Lighean”, in The bardic poems of Tadhg Dall Ó Huiginn[1]:
      Budh iomdha ar madoin go moch/ proinn dá caitheamh go corrach;/ laoich ag ionnráithne a n-arm ngéar,/ iolgháirthe badhbh is brainéan.
      In the morn betimes/ there will be many a meal consumed without comfort,/ warriors whetting (?) their keen weapons,/ shrieks of scaldcrows and ravens.
  3. vulture or other ravenous bird
    Synonyms: bultúr, garrfhiach
  4. a scold or curser
  5. a female fairy said to be attached to certain families and to foretell death, appearing as a hooded crow
    Synonym: bean sí
    • 1974, Béaloideas, volumes 42–47, page 99:
      ... deirtí go bhfeictí an bhadhbh i bhfoirm mná breá dathúil, gruaig fhada de dhath an óir síos go sála uirthí, i ina suí ar an gcathaoir so agus í ag cíoradh a cinn.
      ... it was said that the badhbh was seen in the shape of a fine good-looking woman with long golden hair down to her heels sitting on this chair and she combing her hair.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: bibe

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
badhbh bhadhbh mbadhbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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