beannachd

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See also: beannacht

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish bennacht (benediction, blessing), borrowed from Latin benedictiō.

Noun[edit]

beannachd f (plural beannachdan)

  1. blessing
  2. greeting, regards

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “beannachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language