beannachtach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish bennachtach. By surface analysis, beannacht (“blessing; benediction”) + -ach.
Adjective
editbeannachtach (genitive singular masculine beannachtaigh, genitive singular feminine beannachtaí, plural beannachtacha, comparative beannachtaí)
Declension
editDeclension of beannachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beannachtach | bheannachtach | beannachtacha; bheannachtacha² | |
| Vocative | bheannachtaigh | beannachtacha | ||
| Genitive | beannachtaí | beannachtacha | beannachtach | |
| Dative | beannachtach; bheannachtach¹ |
bheannachtach; bheannachtaigh (archaic) |
beannachtacha; bheannachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos beannachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is beannachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”)
Noun
editbeannachtach f (genitive singular beannachtaí)
- (act of) calling down blessings
Declension
editDeclension of beannachtach
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
edit- beannaigh (“bless; greet”, verb)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beannachtach | bheannachtach | mbeannachtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language