manaoiseach
See also: meánaoiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From manaois (“(act of) dallying, toying”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]manaoiseach (genitive singular masculine manaoisigh, genitive singular feminine manaoisí, plural manaoiseacha, comparative manaoisí)
- dallying, shilly-shallying
- balancing (of person)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| manaoiseach | mhanaoiseach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “manaoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “manaoiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm