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bád

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Eton (Cameroon)

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Verb

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bád

  1. to simulate

References

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  • Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish bát (compare Scottish Gaelic bàta, Manx baatey), borrowed from Old English bāt.[3]

Noun

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bád m (genitive singular báid, nominative plural báid)

  1. boat
    Synonym: nae
Usage notes
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  • Although bád is grammatically masculine, it is used with feminine pronouns; compare the use of she to refer to boats in English.
Declension
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Declension of bád (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bád báid
vocative a bháid a bháda
genitive báid bád
dative bád báid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bád na báid
genitive an bháid na mbád
dative leis an mbád
don bhád
leis na báid
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bád”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Greene, D. (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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bád

  1. (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of báigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bád
radical lenition eclipsis
bád bhád mbád

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

References

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  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 302
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bát”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language