Manainn

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Manainn, dative form of Mana (“Man, Anglesey”).

Proper noun

Manainn f (genitive Manann)

  1. Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Declension

Declension of Manainn (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Manainn
vocative a Mhanainn
genitive Manann
dative Manainn
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Mhanainn
genitive na Manann
dative leis an Manainn
don Mhanainn

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Manainn
radical lenition eclipsis
Manainn Mhanainn 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

Proper noun

Manainn f

  1. dative singular of Mana

Mutation

Mutation of Manainn
radical lenition nasalization
Manainn
also Mmanainn after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		Manainn
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Manainn, dative form of Mana (“Man, Anglesey”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Manainn f

  1. Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Manainn
radical lenition
Manainn Mhanainn

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

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