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Dagda

Dagda proper noun: an important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.

Proper noun (1)

the Dagda

  1. (Irish) An important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.
    • Raised among druids, Brigid was the daughter of an enslaved woman and the Dagda, chief of the gods.2024 February 5, Katy Hessel, “Move over Saint Patrick: why the world should be celebrating beer-brewing Brigid”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Proper noun (2)

Dagda

  1. A town in Latvia.

Origin of Dagda

The Middle Irish name Dagda means “Good God” or “Shining God”, from Old Irish Dagdae, from Proto-Celtic *Dago-deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰagʰo- (“shining”) (< *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”)) + *deywós (“divinity”).

From Latvian.

Questions about Dagda

What does Dagda mean?
Dagda means an important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.
What part of speech is Dagda?
Dagda is a proper noun.

Words near Dagda in the dictionary

  1. Dagbamba
  2. Dagbane
  3. Dagbani
  4. dagbreker
  5. dagbrekers
  6. Dagda
  7. Dagdag
  8. dage
  9. Dagelet
  10. Dagelma
  11. dagen

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