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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.

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