manaoiseach
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See also: meánaoiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From manaois (“(act of) dallying, toying”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]manaoiseach (genitive singular masculine manaoisigh, genitive singular feminine manaoisí, plural manaoiseacha, comparative manaoisí)
- dallying, shilly-shallying
- balancing (of person)
Declension
[edit]Declension of manaoiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | manaoiseach | mhanaoiseach | manaoiseacha; mhanaoiseacha² | |
| Vocative | mhanaoisigh | manaoiseacha | ||
| Genitive | manaoisí | manaoiseacha | manaoiseach | |
| Dative | manaoiseach; mhanaoiseach¹ |
mhanaoiseach; mhanaoisigh (archaic) |
manaoiseacha; mhanaoiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos manaoisí | |||
| Superlative | is manaoisí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- manaoiseoir m (“shilly-shallier”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| manaoiseach | mhanaoiseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “manaoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “manaoiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm