manaoiseach

See also: meánaoiseach

Irish

Etymology

From manaois (“(act of) dallying, toying”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

manaoiseach (genitive singular masculine manaoisigh, genitive singular feminine manaoisí, plural manaoiseacha, comparative manaoisí)

1. dallying, shilly-shallying
2. balancing (of person)

Declension

Declension of manaoiseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	manaoiseach	mhanaoiseach	manaoiseacha; mhanaoiseacha²
Vocative	mhanaoisigh		manaoiseacha
Genitive		manaoisí	manaoiseacha	manaoiseach
Dative	manaoiseach; mhanaoiseach¹	mhanaoiseach; mhanaoisigh (archaic)	manaoiseacha; mhanaoiseacha²
Comparative	níos manaoisí
Superlative	is manaoisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
manaoiseach	mhanaoiseach	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) “manaoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “manaoiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm