mantach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mant (“tooth gap”) +‎ -ach, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”), similar to Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠãun̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠan̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/[3]

Adjective

mantach (genitive singular masculine mantaigh, genitive singular feminine mantaí, plural mantacha, comparative mantaí)

  1. gap-toothed
    Synonyms: grabach, scagfhiaclach, séanasach
  2. toothless
    Synonym: carballach
  3. inarticulate, indistinct (of speech)
  4. gapped, chipped, indented

Declension

Declension of mantach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mantach mhantach mantacha;
mhantacha2
vocative mhantaigh mantacha
genitive mantaí mantacha mantach
dative mantach;
mhantach1 		mhantach;
mhantaigh (archaic) 		mantacha;
mhantacha2
Comparative níos mantaí
Superlative is mantaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of mantach
radical lenition eclipsis
mantach mhantach 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

  1. ^ “mantach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mannda”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 238, page 87

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