beannach

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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
Singular Plural (m/f)
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beannach bheannach mbeannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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