mans
English edit
Pronunciation edit
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mans
- third-person singular simple present indicative of man
- Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?
Noun edit
mans
- (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
- 2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse:
- Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.
- (obsolete) genitive of man
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book I, page [28]:
- And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand.
- 1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […] Peter Short, page 8:
- But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.
- 1596, Thomas Lodge, A Margarite of America[1], London: John Busbie:
- The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,
Noun edit
mans (singular only)
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mans
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.
Adjective edit
mans (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mans
- plural of mà
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix (also in front of the baix in the case of a pilar) and helping to support the segon, or a casteller in the pinya positioned behind these mans
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, the vents, and the laterals
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) in a construction built without a pinya, a casteller who stands around the base with arms raised and braced to provide safety in case of a fall; the act of doing this
Further reading edit
- “mans” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mans from Latin mancus.
Adjective edit
mans
Noun edit
mans m (plural mansyon)
Mutation edit
Mutation of mans
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
mans | vans | unchanged | unchanged | fans | vans |
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mans c
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Audio (file)
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mans
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mans
Galician edit
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mans m pl
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Romanization edit
mans
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃
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mans
Latvian edit
Pronoun edit
mans (possessive, 1st person singular)
Declension edit
declension of mans
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | mans | mani | mana | manas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | manu | manus | manu | manas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | mana | manu | manas | manu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | manam | maniem | manai | manām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | manu | maniem | manu | manām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | manā | manos | manā | manās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | mans | mani | mana | manas | |||||
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Maltese edit
Root |
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m-n-s |
3 terms |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian manzu, mansu.
Pronunciation edit
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mans (feminine singular mansa, plural mansi)
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mans m pl
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mans
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Noun edit
mans
- nominative plural of man