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Dagda¹

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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”).

proper noun 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.

Dagda²

Where it comes from

From Latvian.

proper noun

  1. A town in Latvia.

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"Dagda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dagda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Dagda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dagda

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@misc{dagda_2026,
  title = {Dagda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dagda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}