banfháidh
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ban- (feminine prefix) + fáidh (“wise man, sage; seer, prophet”).
Noun
[edit]banfháidh m (genitive singular banfháidh, nominative plural banfháithe)
- wise woman, female sage
- (religion) seeress, prophetess
Declension
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Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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banfháidh | bhanfháidh | mbanfháidh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banfháidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN