beannachtach

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bennachtach. By surface analysis, beannacht (“blessing; benediction”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

beannachtach (genitive singular masculine beannachtaigh, genitive singular feminine beannachtaí, plural beannachtacha, comparative beannachtaí)

  1. (literary) blessed; benign; prosperous

Declension

Declension 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

Noun

beannachtach f (genitive singular beannachtaí)

  1. (act of) calling down blessings

Declension

Declension of beannachtach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative beannachtach
vocative a bheannachtach
genitive beannachtaí
dative beannachtach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bheannachtach
genitive na beannachtaí
dative leis an mbeannachtach
don bheannachtach

Mutation

Mutated forms of beannachtach
radical lenition eclipsis
beannachtach bheannachtach mbeannachtach

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

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