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beannachtach
beannachtach
Irish
Noun
beannachtach f (genitive singular beannachtaí)
- (act of) calling down blessings
Declension
Declension of beannachtach
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
- beannaigh (“bless; greet”, verb)
Adjective
beannachtach (genitive singular masculine beannachtaigh, genitive singular feminine beannachtaí, plural beannachtacha, comparative beannachtaí)
- (literary) blessed; benign; prosperous
Declension
Declension of beannachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beannachtach | beannachtach¹ | beannachtacha³ | |
| Vocative | beannachtaigh¹ | beannachtach¹ | beannachtacha | |
| Genitive | beannachtaigh¹ | beannachtaí (obsolete) beannachtaighe |
beannachtacha | beannachtach |
| Dative | beannachtach² | beannachtach¹ (archaic) beannachtaigh¹ |
beannachtacha³ | |
| Comparative | beannachtaí (obsolete) beannachtaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beannachtach | bheannachtach | mbeannachtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "beannachtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “bennachtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.