baintreach dhubh

Irish

Etymology

Calque from English.

Noun

baintreach dhubh f (genitive singular baintrí duibhe, nominative plural baintreacha dubha)

1. black widow (spider)

Mutation

Mutated forms of baintreach dhubh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
baintreach dhubh	bhaintreach dhubh	mbaintreach dhubh

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

Further reading

• “black+widow”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024