mainnear

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mainder, from Latin mandra, from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠæn̠ʲəɾʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form mainnir)

Noun

mainnear f (genitive singular mainnre or mainnreach or mainnireach, nominative plural mainnreacha)[4]

  1. enclosure (area partially or entirely enclosed by walls, fences or buildings)
  2. pen, fold (enclosure for animals)
    Synonym: cró

Declension
Declension of mainnear

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mainnear mainnreacha
Vocative a mhainnear a mhainnreacha
Genitive mainnre mainnreacha
Dative mainnear
mainnir (archaic, dialectal)		 mainnreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhainnear na mainnreacha
Genitive na mainnre na mainnreacha
Dative leis an mainnear
leis an mainnir (archaic, dialectal)

don mhainnear
don mhainnir (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na mainnreacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mainnear mhainnear not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “mainnear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
  4. Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mainnear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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