manaois
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish manaís (“large spear with broad head and sharp point”).
Declension
Declension of manaois
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: manaoiseacha
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Declension
Declension of manaois
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- manaoiseach (“dallying, shilly-shallying”, adjective)
- manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| manaois | mhanaois | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “manaois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “manaís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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