manach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, single, solitary), from μόνος (mónos, alone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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manach m (genitive singular manaigh, nominative plural manaigh)

  1. monk
  2. (historical) tenant of church lands

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
manach mhanach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin monachus, possibly via Proto-Brythonic *manax.

Noun

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manach m

  1. monk
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prologue, line 97; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ním·thá Sen-Phól manach, as a díthrub dubach, fria nóebainm co rrorath séntae cech slóg subach.
      Not so is Old Paul the monk, whose hermitage is gloomy; by his holy name with great grace, every happy crowd is blessed.
  2. (law) tenant of church lands
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative manach manachL manaigL
Vocative manaig manachL manchuH
Accusative manachN manachL manchuH
Genitive manaigL manach manachN
Dative manachL manchaib manchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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  • Middle Irish: manach

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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manach

  1. Alternative form of monach

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
manach
also mmanach after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
manach
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, single, solitary), from μόνος (mónos, alone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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manach m (genitive singular manaich, plural manaich)

  1. monk
  2. friar

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
manach mhanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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