mainistir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish monister, from Vulgar Latin *monistērium, from Latin monastērium,[2] from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠanʲəʃtʲəɾʲ/

Noun

mainistir f (genitive singular mainistreach, nominative plural mainistreacha)

  1. monastery, abbey, friary

Declension

Declension of mainistir (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mainistir mainistreacha
vocative a mhainistir a mhainistreacha
genitive mainistreach mainistreacha
dative mainistir
mainistrigh (archaic, dialectal) 		mainistreacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhainistir na mainistreacha
genitive na mainistreach na mainistreacha
dative leis an mainistir
leis an mainistrigh (archaic, dialectal)
don mhainistir
don mhainistrigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na mainistreacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mainistir
radical lenition eclipsis
mainistir mhainistir 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

  1. ^ “mainistir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mainister”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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