mainnear

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  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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