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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish bennacht (“benediction, blessing”), borrowed from Latin benedictiō.[1] Cogante with Scottish Gaelic beannachd.
Pronunciation
Noun
beannacht f (genitive singular beannachta, nominative plural beannachtaí)
- blessing
- Antonym: mallacht
- (ecclesiastical) benediction
- Antonym: mallacht
Declension
- Alternative genitive plural: beannacht
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| beannacht
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bheannacht
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mbeannacht
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 125, page 66
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 38
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 372, page 126
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beannacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “beannacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024