bennacht

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Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• bendacht

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin benedictiō.

NounEdit

bennacht f

1. blessing
2. benediction

DeclensionEdit

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bennachtL	bennachtL	bennacht
Vocative	bennachtL	bennachtL	bennacht
Accusative	bennachtN	bennachtL	bennacht
Genitive	bennachtae	bennachtL	bennachtN
Dative	bennachtL	bennachtaib	bennachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Related termsEdit

• bennachaid

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: beannacht
• Manx: bannaght
• Scottish Gaelic: beannachd

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bennacht	bennacht pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbennacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

• “bennacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.