bendacht

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Insular Proto-Celtic *bendixtyū (whence also Proto-Brythonic *bendiθ, whence Welsh bendith) from Latin benedictiō. When declined as an ā-stem, assimilated to the suffix -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

bendacht f (genitive bendachtae or bendachtan, nominative plural bendachta or bendachtain)

  1. blessing
  2. benediction

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bendachtL bendachtL bendachtaH
Vocative bendachtL bendachtL bendachtaH
Accusative bendachtN bendachtL bendachtaH
Genitive bendachtaeH bendachtL bendachtN
Dative bendachtL bendachtaib bendachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of bendacht
radical lenition nasalization
bennacht bennacht
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbennacht

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

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