bendacht

bendacht

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin benedictiō. When declined as an ā-stem, assimilated to the suffix -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲen͈daxt/

Noun

bendacht f (genitive bendachtae or bendachtan, nominative plural bendachta or bendachtain)

1. blessing
2. benediction

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bendachtL	bendachtL	bendachtaH
Vocative	bendachtL	bendachtL	bendachtaH
Accusative	bendachtN	bendachtL	bendachtaH
Genitive	bendachtaeH	bendachtL	bendachtN
Dative	bendachtL	bendachtaib	bendachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bendacht	bendachtainL	bendachtain
Vocative	bendacht	bendachtainL	bendachtna
Accusative	bendachtainN	bendachtainL	bendachtna
Genitive	bendachton, bendachtan	bendachton, bendachtanL	bendachton, bendachtanN
Dative	bendachtainL, bendachtL	bendachtnaib	bendachtnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bennacht
  • Irish: beannacht
  • Manx: bannaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: beannachd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bennacht	bennacht pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbennacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “bendacht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN