beannach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bennach (“pointed, peaked; horned”), from benn (“horn, antler; prong”); synchronically, beann (“horn, antler; tine, prong”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
beannach (genitive singular masculine beannaigh, genitive singular feminine beannaí, plural beannacha, comparative beannaí)
Declension
Declension of beannach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | beannach | bheannach | beannacha; bheannacha² | |
Vocative | bheannaigh | beannacha | ||
Genitive | beannaí | beannacha | beannach | |
Dative | beannach; bheannach¹ |
bheannach; bheannaigh (archaic) |
beannacha; bheannacha² | |
Comparative | níos beannaí | |||
Superlative | is beannaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language