bandraoi

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

PIE word
*dóru

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ draoi (“druid”).

Noun

bandraoi m (genitive singular bandraoi, nominative plural bandraoithe)

1. druidess, sorceress, witch

Declension

Declension of bandraoi (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bandraoi bandraoithe vocative a bhandraoi a bhandraoithe genitive bandraoi bandraoithe dative bandraoi bandraoithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bandraoi na bandraoithe genitive an bhandraoi na mbandraoithe dative leis an mbandraoi don bhandraoi leis na bandraoithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of bandraoi

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bandraoi	bhandraoi	mbandraoi

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bandraoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN