muinteras

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• muntaras

Etymology

From muinter +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmun͈ʲtʲeras/

Noun

muinteras m (genitive muinterais)

1. familiarity
2. membership of a muinter
3. association, friendship, alliance

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	muinteras	—	—
Vocative	muinterais	—	—
Accusative	muinterasN	—	—
Genitive	muinteraisL	—	—
Dative	muinterusL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
muinteras also mmuinteras after a proclitic	muinteras pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinteras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language