mainéar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mainér, from Middle English maner, from Old French manoir (“to stay, remain”), from Latin maneō.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠænʲæɾʲ/

Noun

mainéar m (genitive singular mainéir, nominative plural mainéir)

1. manor (landed estate), barony (any large manor or estate in Scotland)
2. manor house
3. grange (farm with its associated buildings)

Declension

Declension of mainéar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mainéar mainéir vocative a mhainéir a mhainéara genitive mainéir mainéar dative mainéar mainéir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mainéar na mainéir genitive an mhainéir na mainéar dative leis an mainéar don mhainéar leis na mainéir

Mutation

Mutated forms of mainéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mainéar	mhainéar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mainéar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mainéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN