mainistir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish monister, from Vulgar Latin *monistērium, from Latin monastērium,[2] from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠanʲəʃtʲəɾʲ/

Noun

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mainistir f (genitive singular mainistreach, nominative plural mainistreacha)

  1. monastery, abbey, friary

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mainistir mhainistir not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ mainistir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mainister”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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