manaois
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish manaís (“large spear with broad head and sharp point”).
Noun
[edit]manaois f (genitive singular manaoise, nominative plural manaoisí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of manaois
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: manaoiseacha
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]manaois f (genitive singular manaoise)
Declension
[edit]Declension of manaois
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- manaoiseach (“dallying, shilly-shallying”, adjective)
- manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
manaois | mhanaois | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “manaois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “manaís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language