bannaght

Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

bannaght f (genitive singular bannaght, plural bannaghtyn)

1. blessing

   Cur er ash dooin bannaghtyn ny marrey.

   Restore to us the blessings of the sea.

2. greeting

   Hug mee bannaghtyn da.

   I sent him greetings.

3. farewell

   bannaght ayd/eu/lhiat ― farewell, cheerio, adieu

   slane bannaght ― valediction

   Bannaght y chur er. ― Take one's leave.

4. compliments
5. salute

   bannaght injillaghey ― dip (of flag)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bannaght	vannaght	mannaght
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language