TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
manach, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). 1. Monk. ~ dubh, black, Benedictine, monk. ~ bán, white, Cistercian, monk. S.a. balsam 1. 2. Hist: Tenant of church land.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na manach, friar’s balsam.
I m~ manaigh, living as a monk.
~ manaigh, monk’s hood, amice.
D’~ an t-aingeal air dul in ord manach, the angel instructed him to join an order of monks.
Manach ~, grey monk, Cistercian.
~ manach, bráithre, ban rialta, order of monks, of friars, of nuns.
D’~ sé ord manach, he founded an order of monks.