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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “manannach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Manannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN