manach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Declension
Declension of manach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- balsam na manach (“friar's balsam”)
- cochall manaigh (“monk's hood, amice”)
- Fir Manach (“Fermanagh”)
- manach bán (“Cistercian monk”, literally “white monk”)
- manach dubh (“Benedictine monk”, literally “black monk”)
- manach liath (“Cistercian monk”, literally “grey monk”)
- manachas (“monasticism”)
- manachúil (“monastic”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| manach | mhanach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “manach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 manach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “manach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “manach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.nəx/
Etymology 1
From Latin monachus, possibly via Proto-Brythonic *manax.
Noun
manach m
- monk
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prologue, line 97; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Ním·thá Sen-Phól manach, as a díthrub dubach, fria nóebainm co rrorath séntae cech slóg subach.
- Not so is Old Paul the monk, whose hermitage is gloomy; by his holy name with great grace, every happy crowd is blessed.
- (law) tenant of church lands
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | manach | manachL | manaigL |
| Vocative | manaig | manachL | manchuH |
| Accusative | manachN | manachL | manchuH |
| Genitive | manaigL | manach | manachN |
| Dative | manachL | manchaib | manchaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Adjective
manach
- Alternative form of monach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| manach also mmanach after a proclitic |
manach pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 manach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 manach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| manach | mhanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 manach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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