gríbda

Old Irish

Etymology

From gríb (“gyrfalcon, griffin; fierce warrior, hero, chieftain”) +‎ -da.

Adjective

gríbda

1. griffin-like

   Synonym: gríbach

   1. fierce, valorous
   2. (in a more general sense) fine, splendid

Descendants

• Irish: gríofa

Mutation

Mutation of gríbda

radical	lenition	nasalization
gríbda	gríbda pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngríbda

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gríbda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language