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beannacht

beannacht

See also: beannachd

Irish

Noun

beannacht f ‎(genitive singular beannachta, nominative plural beannachtaí)

blessing
(ecclesiastical) benediction

Declension

Declension of beannacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beannacht	beannachtaí
Vocative	a bheannacht	a bheannachtaí
Genitive	beannachta	beannachtaí
Dative	beannacht	beannachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bheannacht	na beannachtaí
Genitive	na beannachta	na mbeannachtaí
Dative	leis an mbeannacht don bheannacht	leis na beannachtaí

Alternative genitive plural: beannacht

Derived terms

Terms derived from beannacht

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”)

Antonyms

mallacht

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.

References

"beannacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“bennacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.