Beinidicteach

Irish

Etymology

From Beinidict (“Benedict”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Beinidicteach (genitive singular masculine Beinidictigh, genitive singular feminine Beinidictí, plural Beinidicteacha, not comparable)

1. Benedictine

Declension

Declension of Beinidicteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Beinidicteach	Bheinidicteach	Beinidicteacha; Bheinidicteacha2
vocative	Bheinidictigh		Beinidicteacha
genitive		Beinidictí	Beinidicteacha	Beinidicteach
dative	Beinidicteach; Bheinidicteach1	Bheinidicteach; Bheinidictigh (archaic)	Beinidicteacha; Bheinidicteacha2
Comparative	níos Beinidictí
Superlative	is Beinidictí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Beinidicteach m (genitive singular Beinidictigh, nominative plural Beinidictigh)

1. Benedictine

Declension

Declension of Beinidicteach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Beinidicteach Beinidictigh vocative a Bheinidictigh a Bheinidicteacha genitive Beinidictigh Beinidicteach dative Beinidicteach Beinidictigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Beinidicteach na Beinidictigh genitive an Bheinidictigh na mBeinidicteach dative leis an mBeinidicteach don Bheinidicteach leis na Beinidictigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Beinidicteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Beinidicteach	Bheinidicteach	mBeinidicteach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Beinidicteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Beinidicteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Beinidicteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024