manaoiseoir

Irish

Etymology

From manaois (“(act of) dallying, toying”) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

manaoiseoir m (genitive singular manaoiseora, nominative plural manaoiseoirí)

  1. shilly-shallier

Declension

Declension of manaoiseoir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative manaoiseoir manaoiseoirí
vocative a mhanaoiseoir a mhanaoiseoirí
genitive manaoiseora manaoiseoirí
dative manaoiseoir manaoiseoirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an manaoiseoir na manaoiseoirí
genitive an mhanaoiseora na manaoiseoirí
dative leis an manaoiseoir
don mhanaoiseoir 		leis na manaoiseoirí
  • manaoiseach (“dallying, shilly-shallying”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of manaoiseoir
radical lenition eclipsis
manaoiseoir mhanaoiseoir not applicable

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

References

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