Manannán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Manandán.[1] By surface analysis, Manainn +‎ -án. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Manannan and Welsh Manawydan.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Manannán m (genitive Mhanannáin)

  1. (Irish mythology) A sea god, warrior, and king of the otherworld in Irish mythology, who is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Manannán
radical lenition eclipsis
Manannán Mhanannán 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Manannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 214

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Manannán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 706; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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