bád

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bad"

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bád

1. to simulate

References

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠaːd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bád m (genitive singular báid, nominative plural báid)

1. boat

   Synonym: nae

Usage notes

• Although bád is grammatically masculine, it is used with feminine pronouns; compare the use of she to refer to boats in English.

Declension

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

• bád canála (“canal boat”)
• bád guail (“collier”)
• bád iascaireachta (“fishing boat”)
• bád rotha (“paddleboat”)
• bádóir (“boatman”)
• báidín (“dinghy; canoe”)
• luasbhád (“speedboat”)
• túisbhád (“incense-boat”)

 

Further reading

• 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

Alternative forms

• bádhad (obsolete)

Verb

bád

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

Mutation

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.