manach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠəˈn̪ˠɑx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠanˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠanˠa(x)/

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
singular plural
nominative manach manaigh
vocative a mhanaigh a mhanacha
genitive manaigh manach
dative manach manaigh
forms with the definite article
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”)
  • manach bán (“Cistercian monk”, literally “white monk”)
  • manach dubh (“Benedictine monk”, literally “black monk”)
  • manach liath (“Cistercian monk”, literally “grey monk”)
  • manachas (“monasticism”)
  • manachúil (“monastic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of manach
radical lenition eclipsis
manach mhanach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.nəx/

Etymology 1

From Latin monachus, possibly via Proto-Brythonic *manax.

Noun

manach m

  1. monk
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prologue, line 97; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ním·thá Sen-Phól manach, as a díthrub dubach, fria nóebainm co rrorath séntae cech slóg subach.
      Not so is Old Paul the monk, whose hermitage is gloomy; by his holy name with great grace, every happy crowd is blessed.
  2. (law) tenant of church lands
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative manach manachL manaigL
vocative manaig manachL manchuH
accusative manachN manachL manchuH
genitive manaigL manach manachN
dative manachL manchaib manchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: manach
    • Irish: manach
    • Manx: maynagh, monnagh
    • Scottish Gaelic: manach

Etymology 2

Adjective

manach

  1. alternative form of monach

Mutation

Mutation of manach
radical lenition nasalization
manach
also mmanach in h-prothesis environments		 manach
pronounced with /β̃-/		 manach
also mmanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanəx/

Noun

manach m (genitive singular manaich, plural manaich)

  1. monk
  2. friar

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of manach
radical lenition
manach mhanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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