beannacht
See also: beannachd
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bennacht (“benediction, blessing”), borrowed from Latin benedictiō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
beannacht f (genitive singular beannachta, nominative plural beannachtaí)
- blessing
- Antonym: mallacht
- (ecclesiastical) benediction
- Antonym: mallacht
Declension
Declension of beannacht
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative genitive plural: beannacht
Derived terms
- beannachtach (“blessed; benign; prosperous”, adjective)
- beannachtach f (“(act of) calling down blessings”)
- Beannachtaí na Nollaig f pl (“Christmas blessings”)
- beir beannacht (“best wishes”)
- cárta beannachta m (“greeting card”)
- slán agus beannacht (“goodbye and God bless”)
Related terms
- beannaigh (“bless; greet”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beannacht | bheannacht | mbeannacht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beannacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “beannacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024