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mantach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From mant (“tooth gap”) +‎ -ach, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”), similar to Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mantach (genitive singular masculine mantaigh, genitive singular feminine mantaí, plural mantacha, comparative mantaí)

  1. gap-toothed
    Synonyms: grabach, scagfhiaclach, séanasach
  2. toothless
    Synonym: carballach
  3. inarticulate, indistinct (of speech)
  4. gapped, chipped, indented

Declension

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Declension of mantach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mantach mhantach mantacha;
mhantacha²
Vocative mhantaigh mantacha
Genitive mantaí mantacha mantach
Dative mantach;
mhantach¹ 		mhantach;
mhantaigh (archaic) 		mantacha;
mhantacha²
Comparative níos mantaí
Superlative is mantaí

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mantach mhantach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “mantach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mannda”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 238, page 87

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