manach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Noun

manach m (genitive singular manaigh, nominative plural manaigh)

  1. monk
  2. (historical) tenant of church lands

Declension
Declension of manach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative manach manaigh
Vocative a mhanaigh a mhanacha
Genitive manaigh manach
Dative manach manaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an manach na manaigh
Genitive an mhanaigh na manach
Dative leis an manach

don mhanach

 leis na manaigh

Derived terms
  • balsam na manach (“friar's balsam”)
  • cochall manaigh (“monk's hood, amice”)
  • Fir Manach (“Fermanagh”)
  • manachas (“monasticism”)
  • manach bán (“Cistercian monk”, literally “white monk”)
  • manach dubh (“Benedictine monk”, literally “black monk”)
  • manach liath (“Cistercian monk”, literally “grey monk”)
  • manachúil (“monastic”, adjective)

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

Further reading
  • "manach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 manach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “manach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “manach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanax/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Noun

manach m

  1. monk
  2. (law) tenant of church lands
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

manach

  1. Alternative form of monach

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
manach
also mmanach after a proclitic		 manach
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 manach
also mmanach after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “1 manach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 manach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Noun

manach m (genitive singular manaich, plural manaich)

  1. monk
  2. friar

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
manachmhanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “1 manach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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