mainistir

Irish

Alternative forms

• mainestir, mainisdear, mainisdir, mainistear (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠanʲəʃtʲəɾʲ/

Noun

mainistir f (genitive singular mainistreach, nominative plural mainistreacha)

1. monastery, abbey, friary

Declension

Declension of mainistir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mainistir mainistreacha Vocative a mhainistir a mhainistreacha Genitive mainistreach mainistreacha Dative mainistir mainistrigh (archaic, dialectal) mainistreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhainistir na mainistreacha Genitive na mainistreach na mainistreacha Dative leis an mainistir leis an mainistrigh (archaic, dialectal) don mhainistir don mhainistrigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na mainistreacha

Derived terms

• Baile na Mainistreach (“Newtownabbey”)
• Mainistir Fhear Maí (“Fermoy”)
• Mainistir na Corann (“Midleton”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mainistir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 458
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mainistir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN