beannacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bennacht (“benediction, blessing”), from Old Irish bendacht, from Latin benedictiō.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic beannachd.

Pronunciation

Noun

beannacht f (genitive singular beannachta, nominative plural beannachtaí)

  1. blessing
    Antonym: mallacht
  2. (ecclesiastical) benediction
    Antonym: mallacht

Declension

Declension of beannacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beannacht beannachtaí
vocative a bheannacht a bheannachtaí
genitive beannachta beannachtaí
dative beannacht beannachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bheannacht na beannachtaí
genitive na beannachta na mbeannachtaí
dative leis an mbeannacht
don bheannacht 		leis na beannachtaí
  • Alternative genitive plural: beannacht

Derived terms

  • beannachtach f (“(act of) calling down blessings”)
  • beannachtach (“blessed; benign; prosperous”, adjective)
  • Beannachtaí na Nollag f pl (“Christmas blessings”)
  • beir beannacht (“best wishes”)
  • cárta beannachta m (“greeting card”)
  • slán agus beannacht (“goodbye and God bless”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beannacht
radical lenition eclipsis
beannacht bheannacht mbeannacht

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 125, page 66
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126

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