mainistir
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish monister, from Vulgar Latin *monistērium, from Latin monastērium,[2] from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmainistir f (genitive singular mainistreach, nominative plural mainistreacha)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- Baile na Mainistreach (“Newtownabbey”)
- Mainistir Fhear Maí (“Fermoy”)
- Mainistir na Corann (“Midleton”)
Mutation
edit| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| mainistir | mhainistir | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ “mainistir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mainister”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mainistir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 458
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mainistir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fifth-declension nouns
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