beannaigh
Irish (Donegal)
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) bless, hallow
- (intransitive) greet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish bennaigid inherited from Old Irish bennachaid (greets, hails, salutes, exercises ecclesiastical functions, blesses) derived from Latin benedīcō (I speak well of, I bless, I speak well, I praise, speak well of, I commend, bless).
Origin
Latin
benedīcō
Gloss
I speak well of, I bless, I speak well, I praise, speak well of, I commend, bless
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Benedictus Latin
- benedicibilis Latin
- benedictiōnem Latin
- benedictiōnem, benedictiō Latin
- benedictus Latin
- benedīcō Latin
- bendito Spanish, Castilian
- *dew- Proto-Indo-European
- *kars- Proto-Indo-European
- bendito Portuguese
- bendigo Welsh
- bennachaid Old Irish
- bannee Manx
- בענטשן Yiddish
- благословити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- bennaigid Middle Irish