From Old Irish bennach (“pointed, peaked; horned”), from benn (“horn, antler; prong”). By surface analysis, beann (“horn, antler; tine, prong”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
beannach (genitive singular masculine beannaigh, genitive singular feminine beannaí, plural beannacha, comparative beannaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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.