Manannach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Manannach. By surface analysis, Manainn +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Manannach (genitive singular masculine Manannaigh, genitive singular feminine Manannaí, plural Manannacha, not comparable)

  1. Manx

Declension
Declension of Manannach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Manannach Mhanannach Manannacha;
Mhanannacha²
Vocative Mhanannaigh Manannacha
Genitive Manannaí Manannacha Manannach
Dative Manannach;
Mhanannach¹		 Mhanannach;
Mhanannaigh (archaic)		 Manannacha;
Mhanannacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

Manannach m (genitive singular Manannaigh, nominative plural Manannaigh)

  1. Manx person

Declension
Declension of Manannach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Manannach Manannaigh
Vocative a Mhanannaigh a Mhanannacha
Genitive Manannaigh Manannach
Dative Manannach Manannaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Manannach na Manannaigh
Genitive an Mhanannaigh na Manannach
Dative leis an Manannach

don Mhanannach

 leis na Manannaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Manannach Mhanannach 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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