baintreach dhubh

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English.

Noun

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

  1. black widow (spider)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baintreach dhubh bhaintreach dhubh mbaintreach dhubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “black+widow”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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