manaois

See also: meánaois, Meánaois, and Manaois

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish manaís (“large spear with broad head and sharp point”).

Noun

manaois f (genitive singular manaoise, nominative plural manaoisí)

1. (literary) broad spear

Declension

Declension of manaois

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative manaois manaoisí Vocative a mhanaois a mhanaoisí Genitive manaoise manaoisí Dative manaois manaoisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhanaois na manaoisí Genitive na manaoise na manaoisí Dative leis an manaois don mhanaois leis na manaoisí

• Alternative plural: manaoiseacha

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

manaois f (genitive singular manaoise)

1. (act of) dallying, toying (le (“with”))

Declension

Declension of manaois

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative manaois Vocative a mhanaois Genitive manaoise Dative manaois

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhanaois Genitive na manaoise Dative leis an manaois don mhanaois

Derived terms

• manaoiseach (“dallying, shilly-shallying”, adjective)
• manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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