beannach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bennach (“pointed, peaked; horned”), from benn (“horn, antler; prong”). By surface analysis, beann (“horn, antler; tine, prong”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
beannach (genitive singular masculine beannaigh, genitive singular feminine beannaí, plural beannacha, comparative beannaí)
Declension
Declension of beannach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beannach | bheannach | beannacha; bheannacha² | |
| Vocative | bheannaigh | beannacha | ||
| Genitive | beannaí | beannacha | beannach | |
| Dative | beannach; bheannach¹ |
bheannach; bheannaigh (archaic) |
beannacha; bheannacha² | |
| Comparative | níos beannaí | |||
| Superlative | is beannaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beannach | bheannach | mbeannach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 bennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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