Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mainder, from Latin mandra, from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠæn̠ʲəɾʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form mainnir)
Noun
mainnear f (genitive singular mainnre or mainnreach or mainnireach, nominative plural mainnreacha)[4]
- enclosure (area partially or entirely enclosed by walls, fences or buildings)
- pen, fold (enclosure for animals)
- Synonym: cró
Declension
Declension of mainnear (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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mainnear
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mainnreacha
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| vocative
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a mhainnear
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a mhainnreacha
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| genitive
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mainnre
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mainnreacha
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| dative
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mainnear
mainnir (archaic, dialectal)
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mainnreacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an mhainnear
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na mainnreacha
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| genitive
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na mainnre
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na mainnreacha
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| dative
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leis an mainnear
leis an mainnir (archaic, dialectal)
don mhainnear
don mhainnir (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na mainnreacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of mainnear
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| mainnear
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mhainnear
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “mainnear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mainnear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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