manaois

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See also: meánaois, Meánaois, and Manaois

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish manaís (“large spear with broad head and sharp point”).

Noun

manaois f (genitive singular manaoise, nominative plural manaoisí)

  1. (literary) broad spear
Declension
Declension of manaois (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative manaois manaoisí
vocative a mhanaois a mhanaoisí
genitive manaoise manaoisí
dative manaois manaoisí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhanaois na manaoisí
genitive na manaoise na manaoisí
dative leis an manaois
don mhanaois 		leis na manaoisí

Etymology 2

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Noun

manaois f (genitive singular manaoise)

  1. (act of) dallying, toying (le (“with”))
Declension
Declension of manaois (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative manaois
vocative a mhanaois
genitive manaoise
dative manaois
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhanaois
genitive na manaoise
dative leis an manaois
don mhanaois
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of manaois
radical lenition eclipsis
manaois mhanaois not applicable

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

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