bennachaid
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier bendachaid, from Latin benedīcō.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbennachaid
- to bless
Inflection
editSimple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | bennaichmait | bendachthe | ||||||
| Conj. | ·bendacha | ·bendachat, ·bennachat | ·bendachthar | ||||||
| Rel. | bendachthar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·bendachthe | ·bendachtais | |||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | bennachais | bendachthe | ||||||
| Conj. | ·bennachais | ·bennach, ·bendach | ·bennachsat | ||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·bennach, ro·bendach | ro·bennachsat | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·bendachub | ||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | bendachae | bendachthe | ||||||
| Conj. | ·bennach | ·bendachae | ·bendacha | ·bendachat, ·bennachat | ·bendachthar | ||||
| Rel. | bendachthar | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·bendachthe | ·bendachtais | |||||||
| Imperative | bennach | bendachthar | |||||||
| Verbal noun | bennachad | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | bendachdai | ||||||||
Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bennachaid | bennachaid pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbennachaid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennachaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language