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

Mutation of bannaght

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bannaght	vannaght	mannaght

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

References

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