beannachd
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See also: beannacht
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bennacht (“benediction, blessing”),[1] borrowed from Latin benedictiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈb̥jãn̪ˠəxk/[2]
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛn̪ˠəxk/[3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈb̥e̯æn̪ˠʌxk][4]
- (Trotternish) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɤn̪ˠəxk/[5]
Noun
[edit]beannachd f (plural beannachdan)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap