bendacht

Old Irish

Etymology

From Insular Proto-Celtic *bendixtyū (whence also Proto-Brythonic *bendiθ, whence Welsh bendith) from Latin benedictiō. When declined as an ā-stem, assimilated to the suffix -acht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲen͈daxt/

Noun

bendacht f (genitive bendachtae or bendachtan, nominative plural bendachta or bendachtain)

  1. blessing
  2. benediction

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative bendachtL bendachtL bendachtaH
vocative bendachtL bendachtL bendachtaH
accusative bendachtN bendachtL bendachtaH
genitive bendachtaeH bendachtL bendachtN
dative bendachtL bendachtaib bendachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bennacht
    • Irish: beannacht
    • Manx: bannaght
    • Scottish Gaelic: beannachd
    • → Old Norse: bjannak

Mutation

Mutation of bendacht
radical lenition nasalization
bendacht bendacht
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbendacht

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

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