Old English · adjective

mennisc

Normalised mennisċ

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈmen.niʃ/
Syllables: ˈmen · niʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English: human people mannish mennish mense

mennisc1 · adjective

Senses

human

Hwæt is þæs menniscan līfes ġecynd?

What is the nature of human life?

Declension

Strong declension of mennisc
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mennisċ	mennisċ	mennisċ
Accusative	mennisċne	mennisċe mensċe	mennisċ
Genitive	mennisċes mensċes	mennisċre	mennisċes mensċes
Dative	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċre	mennisċum mensċum
Instrumental	mennisċe mensċe	mennisċre	mennisċe mensċe
Plural
Nominative	mennisċe mensċe	mennisċa mensċa mennisċe mensċe	mennisċ
Accusative	mennisċe mensċe	mennisċa mensċa mennisċe mensċe	mennisċ
Genitive	mennisċra	mennisċra	mennisċra
Dative	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum
Instrumental	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum

Weak declension of mennisc
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mennisċa mensċa	mennisċe mensċe	mennisċe mensċe
Accusative	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċe mensċe
Genitive	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan
Dative	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan
Instrumental	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan
Plural
Nominative	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan
Accusative	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan	mennisċan mensċan
Genitive	mennisċra mennisċena mensċena	mennisċra mennisċena mensċena	mennisċra mennisċena mensċena
Dative	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum
Instrumental	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum	mennisċum mensċum

mennisc2 · noun · neuter

Senses

people
a people; nation, race

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of mennisc
	Singular
Nominative	mennisċ
Accusative	mennisċ
Genitive	mennisċes
Dative	mennisċe

All forms (16)

mennisċ
mennisċne
mennisċe
mensċe
mennisċes
mensċes
mennisċre
mennisċum
mensċum
mennisċa
mensċa
mennisċra
mennisċan
mensċan
mennisċena
mensċena

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Cognate with Old Frisian mennisk, Old Saxon mennisk, Old High German mennisc, Old Norse mennskr, Gothic (mannisks). Equivalent to mann (“a human”) + -isċ (“-ish”).

Nominalization of the adjective.

Descendants

mannish, mennish, mense

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