bennachaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bendachaid

Etymology

From earlier bendachaid, from Latin benedīcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲe.n̪ə.xəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈbʲe.n̪a.xɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈbʲe.n̪ə.xɨðʲ]

Verb

bennachaid

1. to bless

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
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

• Middle Irish: bennaigid
  • Irish: beannaigh
  • Manx: bannee

Mutation

Mutation of bennachaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
bennachaid	bennachaid pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbennachaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennachaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language