beannú

Irish

Alternative forms

• beannughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲaˈn̪ˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲan̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲan̪ˠu/

Noun

beannú m (genitive singular beannaithe)

1. verbal noun of beannaigh
2. beatification

Declension

Declension of beannú

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative beannú Vocative a bheannú Genitive beannaithe Dative beannú

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an beannú Genitive an bheannaithe Dative leis an mbeannú don bheannú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beannú	bheannú	mbeannú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 86