beannachd

See also: beannacht

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

beannachd f (plural beannachdan)

1. blessing
2. greeting, regards

Derived terms

• beannachd leat
• beannachd leibh

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “beannachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language