manadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Latin moneō (“warn, advise”) and Old English manian (“urge, admonish, exhort”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manəɣ/

Noun

manadh m (genitive manaidh, plural manaidhean)

  1. omen, sign (esp. as a form of light)
    manadh air bàs ― an omen of death
  2. apparition

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
manadhmhanadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “manadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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