Manannach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Manannach. By surface analysis, Manainn +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Manannach (genitive singular masculine Manannaigh, genitive singular feminine Manannaí, plural Manannacha, not comparable)

1. Manx

Declension

Declension of Manannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Manannach	Mhanannach	Manannacha; Mhanannacha2
vocative	Mhanannaigh		Manannacha
genitive		Manannaí	Manannacha	Manannach
dative	Manannach; Mhanannach1	Mhanannach; Mhanannaigh (archaic)	Manannacha; Mhanannacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Noun

Manannach m (genitive singular Manannaigh, nominative plural Manannaigh)

1. Manx person

Declension

Declension of Manannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Manannach Manannaigh vocative a Mhanannaigh a Mhanannacha genitive Manannaigh Manannach dative Manannach Manannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Manannach na Manannaigh genitive an Mhanannaigh na Manannach dative leis an Manannach don Mhanannach leis na Manannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Manannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Manannach	Mhanannach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “manannach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Manannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN