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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Cognate with Latin moneō (“warn, advise”) and Old English manian (“urge, admonish, exhort”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manadh m (genitive manaidh, plural manaidhean)
- omen, sign (esp. as a form of light)
- manadh air bàs ― an omen of death
- apparition
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| manadh |
mhanadh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “manadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN