beannachtach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish bennachtach. By surface analysis, beannacht (“blessing; benediction”) +‎ -ach. === Adjective === beannachtach (genitive singular masculine beannachtaigh, genitive singular feminine beannachtaí, plural beannachtacha, comparative beannachtaí) (literary) blessed; benign; prosperous ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”) === Noun === beannachtach f (genitive singular beannachtaí) (act of) calling down blessings ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== beannaigh (“bless; greet”, verb) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beannachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language