From Middle Irish Manannach. By surface analysis, Manainn + -ach.
Manannach (genitive singular masculine Manannaigh, genitive singular feminine Manannaí, plural Manannacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Manannach | Mhanannach | Manannacha; Mhanannacha² | |
| Vocative | Mhanannaigh | Manannacha | ||
| Genitive | Manannaí | Manannacha | Manannach | |
| Dative | Manannach; Mhanannach¹ |
Mhanannach; Mhanannaigh (archaic) |
Manannacha; Mhanannacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Manannach m (genitive singular Manannaigh, nominative plural Manannaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Manannach | Mhanannach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||