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Manchanach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Manchain (Manchester) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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Manchanach (genitive singular masculine Manchanaigh, genitive singular feminine Manchanaí, plural Manchanacha, comparative Manchanaí)

  1. Mancunian

Declension

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Declension of Manchanach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Manchanach Mhanchanach Manchanacha;
Mhanchanacha2
vocative Mhanchanaigh Manchanacha
genitive Manchanaí Manchanacha Manchanach
dative Manchanach;
Mhanchanach1
Mhanchanach;
Mhanchanaigh (archaic)
Manchanacha;
Mhanchanacha2
Comparative níos Manchanaí
Superlative is Manchanaí

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

Noun

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Manchanach m (genitive singular Manchanaigh, nominative plural Manchanaigh)

  1. Mancunian

Declension

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Declension of Manchanach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Manchanach Manchanaigh
vocative a Mhanchanaigh a Mhanchanacha
genitive Manchanaigh Manchanach
dative Manchanach Manchanaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Manchanach na Manchanaigh
genitive an Mhanchanaigh na Manchanach
dative leis an Manchanach
don Mhanchanach
leis na Manchanaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Manchanach
radical lenition eclipsis
Manchanach Mhanchanach not applicable

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