{"id":8772,"date":"2025-04-23T14:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2025-05-04T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:31:55","slug":"monastic-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/04\/23\/monastic-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Monastic Monks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>monk<\/strong>, <strong>nun<\/strong>, <strong>monastery<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/happymillerman\/22552286407\/in\/photolist-AmSn3g-E9fdT2-Sypv9S-2kWdKzR-BprQwq-2oLQu8k-2j8fXYt-VtVr9C-goerPn-XubBw5-2j8tukX-ep5qB9-roQWtu-2ojruDr-24Yo1vp-6nwj3R-bJTqb-25gcXtk-LL9d4v-P2hkdA-2j8sn4V-D849aT-dqAtH1-q77UuW-2eYwB4f-2j8yXAC-2j8xAq7-2oFzc6P-2kWD9jk-P1278B-2knktSp-A7XeGW-SUZH3J-CcUsAu-q9zzAX-QZr1oX-2j5tz2N-2eKMpNr-2eYwCtQ-2n7igXn-2kKh5cV-SUZGT5-2eYwC41-2mNx57s-2ps8o1X-KUW1f6-zvd87-2peqr2w-p8GLsA-jPA4gE\" title=\"For What We&#x27;re About.....\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5826\/22552286407_42ffc792cb_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"For What We&#x27;re About.....\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> [\u02c8ma.n\u0259x] = monk, tenant of church lands<br \/>\n<strong>mainches<\/strong> = nun<br \/>\n<strong>mainister<\/strong> = monastery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach, manaig<\/strong> = monk, a tenant of church lands, a kenning for a bee<br \/>\n<strong>mainches<\/strong> = nun<br \/>\n<strong>mainister, mainistear<\/strong> = monastery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u02e0an\u02e0\u0259x \/ m\u02e0\u0259\u02c8n\u032a\u02e0\u0251x] = monk<br \/>\n<strong>manachas<\/strong> = monasticism<br \/>\n<strong>manach\u00fail<\/strong> = monastic<br \/>\n<strong>mainistir<\/strong> = monastery, abbey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> [man\u0259x] = monk<br \/>\n<strong>manachalachd<\/strong> [man\u0259x\u0259l\u032a\u02e0\u0259xg] = monasticism<br \/>\n<strong>manach(d)ail<\/strong> [man\u0259xal] = monastic<br \/>\n<strong>manachainn<\/strong> [man\u0259x\u026an\u032a\u02b2] = monastery, convent<br \/>\n<strong>manaistear<\/strong> [man\u026a\u0283d\u02b2\u0259r] = monastery, overseer<br \/>\n<strong>mainistir<\/strong> [man\u026a\u0283d\u02b2\u026ar\u02b2] = monastery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>maynagh, monnagh<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>maynaghoil<\/strong> = monastic, monkish, conventual<br \/>\n<strong>mannishter<\/strong> = monastery, minster, abbey, friary, cloister, religious house<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*manax<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>*m\u00f6stu\u0268r<\/strong> = monastery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kyrmraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach, menach, mynach<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>mustuir<\/strong> = monastery<br \/>\n<strong>manaches, mynaches<\/strong> = nun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mynach, manach<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u0259na\u03c7. \u02c8mana\u03c7] = monk, friar<br \/>\n<strong>mynachaeth<\/strong> = monasticism<br \/>\n<strong>mynachaidd<\/strong> = monastic<br \/>\n<strong>mynachdy, mynachlog<\/strong> = monastery<br \/>\n<strong>mynaches, manaches<\/strong> = nun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>manaes<\/strong> = nun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach, manah<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>manaes, monacha<\/strong> = nun, a female recluse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>managh<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>managhek<\/strong> = monastic<br \/>\n<strong>managhes<\/strong> = nun<br \/>\n<strong>managhti<\/strong> = monastery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> = monk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>manach<\/strong> = monk<br \/>\n<strong>manaches<\/strong> = nun<br \/>\n<strong>manachty<\/strong> = monastry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>manac&#8217;h<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u00e3\u02d0nax] = monk, hot water bottle, grey periwinkle<br \/>\n<strong>manac&#8217;hez<\/strong> = nun<br \/>\n<strong>manac&#8217;hegezh<\/strong> = monasticism<br \/>\n<strong>manac&#8217;hek<\/strong> = monastic<br \/>\n<strong>manac&#8217;hi\u00f1<\/strong> = to appoint a monk<br \/>\n<strong>manati<\/strong> [m\u00e3.\u02c8na.t\u02d0i] = monastry, cloister, convent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Latin <em>monachus<\/em> (monk), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1\u03c7\u03cc\u03c2<\/em> (monakh\u00f3s &#8211; single, solitary), from <em>\u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (m\u00f3nos &#8211; alone, forsaken, solitary, only, unique), from Proto-Hellenic <em>*m\u00f3nwos<\/em>. The Goidelic words may have been borrowed from Proto-Brythonic. Words from the same roots include <strong>monk<\/strong> and <strong>monastery<\/strong> and <strong>minster<\/strong> (a monastic church) in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/monachus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\">An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryq.com\/gaelg\/\">Fockleyreen: Manx &#8211; English Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.gaelg.im\/\">Gaelg Corpus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\">Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/fr\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for monk, nun, monastery and related things in Celtic languages. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) manach [\u02c8ma.n\u0259x] = monk, tenant of church lands mainches = nun mainister = monastery Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) manach, manaig = monk, a tenant of church lands, a kenning for a bee mainches = nun mainister, mainistear = monastery Irish (Gaeilge) manach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39,16,26,21,3,36,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,11,12,215,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[52,80,51,48,47,53,49,233,231,232,55,50],"class_list":["post-8772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-ancient-greek","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-hellenic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words","tag-breton","tag-celtic","tag-cornish","tag-gaelic","tag-irish","tag-language","tag-manx","tag-monastery","tag-monk","tag-nun","tag-scottish-gaelic","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8786,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772\/revisions\/8786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}