beannachtach

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

• buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”)

Noun

beannachtach f (genitive singular beannachtaí)

1. (act of) calling down blessings

Declension

Declension of beannachtach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

Related terms

• beannaigh (“bless; greet”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beannachtach	bheannachtach	mbeannachtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language