beannach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bennach (“pointed, peaked; horned”), from benn (“horn, antler; prong”). By surface analysis, beann (“horn, antler; tine, prong”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

beannach (genitive singular masculine beannaigh, genitive singular feminine beannaí, plural beannacha, comparative beannaí)

  1. horned, antlered
  2. pronged
  3. peaked
  4. gabled
  5. angular
  6. (anatomy) mitral

Declension

Declension of beannach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beannach bheannach beannacha;
bheannacha2
vocative bheannaigh beannacha
genitive beannaí beannacha beannach
dative beannach;
bheannach1 		bheannach;
bheannaigh (archaic) 		beannacha;
bheannacha2
Comparative níos beannaí
Superlative is beannaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of beannach
radical lenition eclipsis
beannach bheannach mbeannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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