The word according to the dictionary

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)

monk
(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.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.nəx/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

manach m

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.
(law) tenant of church lands

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	manach	manach^L	manaig^L
vocative	manaig	manach^L	manchu^H
accusative	manach^N	manach^L	manchu^H
genitive	manaig^L	manach	manach^N
dative	manach^L	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

alternative form of monach

Mutation

Mutation of *manach*
radical	lenition	nasalization
manach also mmanach after a proclitic ending in a vowel	manach 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 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)

monk
friar

Derived terms

manachainn

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.

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

Mutation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

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