English Explanatory Dictionary

Dagda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.
name
  1. A town in Latvia.

Word forms

Dagda the Dagda

Etymology

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”).

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