beannachd

See also: beannacht

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bennacht (“benediction, blessing”), borrowed from Latin benedictiō.

Noun

beannachd f (plural beannachdan)

  1. blessing
  2. greeting, regards

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “bennacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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