A

The first letter of the Manx alphabet, written in the Latin script.


fa

head

fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.


abb

head

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Abbyr 'abb' dyn gleashagh dty chab.


van

van f (genitive singular van, plural vannyn)


point

point (verbal noun pointeil, past participle pointit)

pointeil (noun-from-verb)
pointit (participle past)
point
phoint
boint


cum

From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Scottish Gaelic cum.


cum

From Middle Irish cummaid, a denominative verb from cumma, itself from Old Irish cummae (“shape, form, appearance”).


Malaysia

Yn Valaysia (canonical feminine)
Malaysia
Valaysia


Bolivia

Yn Volivia (canonical feminine)
Bolivia
Volivia
Molivia


Madagascar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Brasil

Yn Vrasil (canonical feminine)
Brasil
Vrasil
Mrasil

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Yemen

Alternative form of Yeaman: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


bio

head

bio m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


red

red m (genitive singular red, plural reddyn)

Cha daink reddyn dy mie.

Cha nel shen deyr son y leagh t'er reddyn nish.

Kanys ta reddyn goll er?

Son y chied red, t'eh ro vie dy ve firrinagh.

For one thing, it is too good to be true.

Ta reddyn couyral.

Ta reddyn ennagh ayn nagh vel niart ain orroo.

Ta shen red aitt.

T'eh yn un red.

T'eh çheet stiagh rish yn red elley.

She'n red hene eh y traa shoh.

Va shen yn red cooie dy ghra.


ass

From Old Irish ass, masculine and neuter singular form of a (“out of, from”), from Proto-Celtic *exs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“from”). Compare Irish as.


ass

assym (first-person singular)
assyd (second-person singular)
ass (masculine singular third-person)
assjee (feminine singular third-person)
assdooin (first-person plural)
assdiu (plural second-person)
assdaue (plural third-person)
assyms (emphatic first-person singular)
assyds (emphatic second-person singular)
assyn (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
assjeeish (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
assdooinyn (emphatic first-person plural)
assdiuish (emphatic plural second-person)
assdauesyn (emphatic plural third-person)


ass

out of him/it


yak

yak m (genitive singular yak, plural yakkyn)

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.


kangaroo

kangaroo m (genitive singular kangaroo, plural kangarooghyn)

kangaroo (genitive singular)
kangarooghyn (plural)
kangaroo
changaroo
gangaroo


tree

From Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


my

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.


mill

mill (past vill, future independent millee, verbal noun milley, past participle millit)

vill (past)
millee (future independent)
milley (noun-from-verb)
millit (participle past)

From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). Cognate with Irish mill and Scottish Gaelic mill.

inh

Ny mill m'olt.


mill

head

mill m (genitive singular molley, plural millyn)

molley (genitive singular)
millyn (plural)
mill
vill

From Old Irish mil, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Irish mil, Scottish Gaelic mil, Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Akin to millish and blass.


arm

arm m (genitive singular arm, plural armyn)

From Old Irish arm n (“armour, battle-equipment, panoply; weapon; army”), from Latin arma.


arm

head

arm (verbal noun armal, past participle garmal)

armal (noun-from-verb)
garmal (participle past)


as

From Old Irish ocus (“and", originally "proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”).


moon

head

moon m (genitive singular mooin, no plural)


moon

moon (past voon, future independent moonee, verbal noun moon or mooney, past participle moonit)

voon (past)
moonee (future independent)
moon (noun-from-verb)
mooney (noun-from-verb)
moonit (participle past)
moon
voon

From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).

inh

(transitive, intransitive) urinate, micturate, pee


son

A contraction of er son, from Middle Irish ar son of unknown etymology. Cognate to Irish ar son and Scottish Gaelic airson; see the Irish entry for further etymology.

Cur booise da Jee son dty hlaynt.

Eeckee oo son shen.

C're vees ain son jinnair?

Dy cadjin ta mee ec y thie son queig er y chlag.

Cha nel ee son credjal yn irriney.

Cha nel eh son poosey.

As myr shen, bee oo son gee?


bee

head

bee m (genitive singular bee, plural beeghyn)

bee (genitive singular)
beeghyn (plural)

From Old Irish bíad (“food”). Cognate with Irish bia and Scottish Gaelic biadh.


bee

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of ve:
second-person singular imperative


vertebra

head

vertebra f (genitive singular vertebra, plural vertebraghyn)

vertebra (genitive singular)
vertebraghyn (plural)


gun

gun m (genitive singular gunney, plural gunnaghyn)

gunney (genitive singular)
gunnaghyn (plural)


haar

haar m (genitive singular haar, plural haaryn)

haar (genitive singular)
haaryn (plural)
haar

From Old Irish ár (“slaughter”), from Proto-Celtic *agrom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- (“hunt”); compare Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “hunt”).


bai

bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)

bai (genitive singular)
baiaghyn (plural)
bai
vai
mai


beg

beg (plural beggey, comparative loo, superlative sloo)

beggey (plural)
loo (comparative)
sloo (superlative)
beg
veg
meg

From Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”).


ben

ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)

mreih (genitive singular)
mraane (plural)
ben
ven
men

From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.


she

From Old Irish is ed (“it is so”). Compare Irish sea, Scottish Gaelic seadh.

She ynseyder eh Juan.

John is a teacher. (definition: predicate is indefinite)

She Juan yn ynseyder.

John is the teacher. (identification: predicate is definite)

She mish honnick eh.

She Juan ta ny ynseyder.

It's John who is a teacher. (cleft sentence)


slug

slug (verbal noun sluggey, past participle sluggit)

sluggey (noun-from-verb)
sluggit (participle past)


slug

slug m (genitive singular slug, plural sluggyn)

slug (genitive singular)
sluggyn (plural)
slug
lug
after "yn"
tlug


re

Heill mee dy re Manninagh oo.

Ta mee credjal dy re ayns y gharey hooar ad eh.

I think it was in the garden that they found it.


lane

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

T’eh lane dy chreeaght.


ingin

ingin f (genitive singular ingney, plural inginyn or ingnyn)

ingney (genitive singular)
inginyn (plural)
ingnyn (plural)

From Old Irish ingen, genitive singular of inga (“nail”) (compare Irish ionga), from Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā (compare Welsh ewin, Breton ivin), from Proto-Italo-Celtic *h₃ngʷʰi- (compare Latin unguis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”), *h₃nogʷʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ)).


jerk

jerk (verbal noun jerkal, past participle jerkit)

jerkal (noun-from-verb)
jerkit (participle past)
jerk
yerk
n'yerk


grammar

grammar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


er

orrym (first-person singular)
ort (second-person singular)
er (masculine singular third-person)
urree (feminine singular third-person)
orrin (first-person plural)
erriu (plural second-person)
orroo (plural third-person)
orryms (emphatic first-person singular)
orts (emphatic second-person singular)
ersyn (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
urreeish (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
orrinyn (emphatic first-person plural)
erriuish (emphatic plural second-person)
orroosyn (emphatic plural third-person)

From a conflation of three Old Irish prepositions:
# ar, air (“for”) (triggering lenition), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂i. Cognates include Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and English fore.
# for (“on”) (triggering no mutation), from Proto-Celtic *uɸer (“over, on”) (compare Welsh ar, Breton war), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (compare Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old English ofer).
# íar (“after”) (triggering eclipsis), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom (“after, behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.
Cognates include Irish ar and Scottish Gaelic air.


er

on him/it


bred

bred (verbal noun breddal, past participle breddit)

breddal (noun-from-verb)
breddit (participle past)
bred
vred
mred


cost

cost m (genitive singular cost, plural costyn)

cost (genitive singular)
costyn (plural)


feed

From Old Irish fichet (compare Scottish Gaelic fichead), genitive singular of fiche (“twenty”), from Proto-Celtic *wikantī (compare Welsh ugain), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t (compare Latin vīgintī), from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).


by

By vie lhiam goll myrgeddin.

B'laik lhiam briaght jiu c'red bare lhiu jannoo jiu.

I'd like to ask you what you'd prefer to do today.

yn dooinney by hroshey

(dated) Past and conditional form of s' (used to introduce the comparative and superlative form of adjectives)


clean

clean m (genitive singular clean, plural cleanyn)

clean (genitive singular)
cleanyn (plural)
clean
chlean
glean

Ta dooinney ny ghaa leaystey clean nagh vel bentyn da hene.

There’s a man or two rocking the cradle of another man’s child.


jeer

From Old Irish dír (“due, fit, proper”).

Jeer cha nel!


vel

Abbyr dy vel eh çheet.

As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh.

The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.

Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney.

A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.

Vel oo ayns shoh rish foddey?


low

low (verbal noun lowal, past participle lowit)

lowal (noun-from-verb)
lowit (participle past)


key

key m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From a respelling of kay, from Middle Irish ceó (“mist, milk, cream”), from Old Irish céo (“mist, fog”).


trein

trein (verbal noun treiney or treinaghey)

treiney (noun-from-verb)
treinaghey (noun-from-verb)
trein
hrein
drein


aa

From Old Irish oä, comparative form of oäc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

comparative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)


rein

rein f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī. Cognate to Irish ríon, Scottish Gaelic rìghinn, rìbhinn, Welsh rhiain.


blod

blod m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


un

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Compare Breton unan, Cornish onan, Irish aon.


ta

From Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).


moo

From Old Irish móu, móo, from Proto-Celtic *māyos, comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mò, Irish mó and Welsh mwy.

comparative degree of mooar (“big, great, large”)


argon

argon m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


bismuth

bismuth m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


ga

V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er.

He was leader in deed though not in name.


tar

tar (verbal noun çheet, simple past haink, future hig, conditional harragh)

çheet (noun-from-verb)
haink (past)
hig (future)
harragh (conditional)
higym (first-person future independent singular)
higmayd (first-person future independent plural)
hig (analytic future independent)
jigym (dependent first-person future singular)
jigmayd (dependent first-person future plural)
jig (analytic dependent future)
no future relative form (future relative)
harrin (conditional first-person independent singular)
harragh (analytic conditional independent)
harragh (conditional independent plural)
darrin (conditional dependent first-person singular)
darragh (analytic conditional dependent)
darragh (conditional dependent plural)
haink (past)
çheet (noun-from-verb)
no past participle form (participle past)

Haink ee er etlan.


eu

at you/ye


noi

counter, averse, against, versus, cross, opposed


side

side f (genitive singular sidey, plural sideyn)

sidey (genitive singular)
sideyn (plural)
side
hide
after "yn"
tide

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.


gear

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér.


share

From Old Irish is ferr (“it’s better”), from Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Compare Irish fearr.

cog

Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.

Better to change horses in mid ford than to drown.


glass

From Old Irish glas (“blue-grey, green”), from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Ta'n londaig hannah jeeaghyn slane glass.

yn faarkey glass tonnagh foin

yn awin ghlass


glass

head

glass m (genitive singular glish or gleish, plural glish or gleish)

glish (genitive singular)
gleish (genitive singular)
glish (plural)
gleish (plural)

Hooar eh y glass er y dorrys roish.

T'eh fo glass.

Ta glass er my hengey.

Ta glass y dorrys er y çheu sthie.

Ta'n ogher shoh gentreil y glass.

Vrish ad y glass.


glass

glassey (noun-from-verb)
glass
ghlass
nglass


goal

goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

goal (genitive singular)
goallyn (plural)
goaldee (plural)
goal
ghoal
ngoal

From Middle Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.


jeu

of them


da

dou (first-person singular)
dhyt (second-person singular)
da (masculine singular third-person)
jee (feminine singular third-person)
dooin (first-person plural)
diu (plural second-person)
daue (plural third-person)
dooys (emphatic first-person singular)
dhyts (emphatic second-person singular)
dasyn (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
jeeish (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
dooinyn (emphatic first-person plural)
diuish (emphatic plural second-person)
dauesyn (emphatic plural third-person)


da

to him/it


fo

foym (first-person singular)
foyd (second-person singular)
fo (masculine singular third-person)
foee (feminine singular third-person)
foin (first-person plural)
feue (plural second-person)
foue (plural third-person)
foyms (emphatic first-person singular)
foyds (emphatic second-person singular)
fosyn (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
foeeish (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
foinyn (emphatic first-person plural)
feueish (emphatic plural second-person)
fouesyn (emphatic plural third-person)

From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).


fo

under him/it


snooker

head

snooker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


row

From an old perfective particle ro- + va.

Cha row aggle erbee er.

Dooyrt eh dy row eh mac y ree.

He claimed that he was the son of the king.


muck

muck f (genitive singular muickey or muigey, plural mucyn or muckyn or muick)

muickey (genitive singular)
muigey (genitive singular)
mucyn (plural)
muckyn (plural)
muick (plural)
muck
vuck


loo

From Old Irish lugu, comparative form of bec.

comparative degree of beg (“small, minor”)


ee

Ben vie thie ee.

Cha dooar ee eh.

Cha nel ee agh ny lhiannoo.

Er leshyn dy row ee nane jeh e chaarjyn.

Hug eh fo obbeeys ee.

Ren eh smeidey stiagh ee.

Cha jargym fakin ee.


ee

ee (past dee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)

dee (past)
ee (noun-from-verb)
gee (participle present)
eeit (participle past)

From Old Irish ithid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.


mood

about you


nee

Nee eh jannoo eh.

He will do it. (literally, “He will do do it.”)

Quoi nee eh agh mish?

future independent analytic form of jean


nee

Nee uss y fer lhee?

Cha nee eshyn ren eh.


ny

Purt ny h-Inshey

ny h-ein

laa jeh ny laaghyn


walk

walk (verbal noun walkal or walkey, past participle walkit)

walkal (noun-from-verb)
walkey (noun-from-verb)
walkit (participle past)


rub

rub m (genitive singular rub, plural rubbyn)


rub

rubbey (noun-from-verb)
rubbal (noun-from-verb)


varnish

varnish f (genitive singular varnish, plural varnishyn)

varnish (genitive singular)
varnishyn (plural)


oor

oor f (genitive singular oor, plural ooryn)

From Middle English houre (or via Anglo-Norman), from Latin hōra. Certainly did not descend from Old Irish úar, but both the Manx and Old Irish terms are ultimately from the same source.


nel

am (not), is (not), are (not)

Cha nel ad çheet er chor erbee.

Cha nel eh ny phaitçhey nish.

Cha nel mee boirit.

Cha nel oo slane.


vandal

vandal m (genitive singular vandal, plural vandallyn)

vandal (genitive singular)
vandallyn (plural)


doo

From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).


doo

doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)

doo (genitive singular)
dooghyn (plural)


fee

From Old Irish figid, from Proto-Celtic *wegyeti (“to weave, compose”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to spin, weave”). Cognate with Irish figh.


fee

head

fee m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


use

use m (genitive singular use, plural useyn)


-ish

From the dative form of Old Irish -as (“-ish”).


-ish

From Old Irish -si (3rd person singular feminine; 2nd person plural)


Yankee

head

Yankee m (genitive singular Yankee, plural Yankeeyn)

Yankee (genitive singular)
Yankeeyn (plural)
Yankee


-ee

From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh and Scottish Gaelic -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.


ward

ward m (genitive singular ward, plural wardyn)

ward (genitive singular)
wardyn (plural)


umlaut

umlaut m (genitive singular umlaut, plural umlautyn)

umlaut (genitive singular)
umlautyn (plural)


aer

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).


roost

roost m (genitive singular roost, plural roostyn)

roost (genitive singular)
roostyn (plural)

From Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).


roost

roost (verbal noun roostey, past participle rooisht)

roostey (noun-from-verb)
rooisht (participle past)


bane

baney (plural)
baney (comparative)
bane
vane
mane

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”).

Er cabbyl bane va mee.

Haink daah bane yn aggle er.

Shen Illiam Bane.

Faag y magher bane.


aah

aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn)

aah (genitive singular)
aahghyn (plural)
aaghyn (plural)

From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).


mac

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)

mic (genitive singular)
mec (plural)
mac
vac

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”).


fine

head

fine m (genitive singular fine, plural fineyn)

fine (genitive singular)
fineyn (plural)
fine
ine
vine

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Irish faighin and Scottish Gaelic faighean.


fer

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen.

Ta fer jiarg aym.

Ta mee fakin kiare fir ghlassey.

By vie lhiam yn fer shen.

one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)

Ta fer ennagh ayns shoh laccal dy akin oo.

There's a fellow here who wants to see you.

Ta fer aym.

Ta mee fakin kiare fir.

used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to a person, object or animal


block

bluick (genitive singular)
block
vlock
mlock


keck

keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)

keck (genitive singular)
keckyn (plural)

From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to shit”).


keck

keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)

keckey (noun-from-verb)
keckit (participle past)
keck
check
geck

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”). See Etymology 1 above.


va

Gyn coontey Juan va kiare ayn.

Keayrt va mee aeg as nish ta mee shenn.

She laa fliugh va'n.

Va kiaull ayns my chleayshyn.

Va my noidyn ooilley mygeayrt-y-moom.


Andreas

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


smeg

From Old Irish smeic. Cognate with Irish smig.


Ç

The 4th letter of the Manx alphabet, preceded by C and followed by D, and representing /tʃ/.


-an

From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).


-al

yiarn (“iron”) + -al → yiarnal (“to iron”)

post (“post”) + -al → postal (“to post”)

suffix used productively to form denominative verbs and their associated verbal nouns


-al

From Middle Irish -amail (compare Irish -úil, Scottish Gaelic -ail, -eil), from Old Irish -amail.

An adjectival suffix applied to various words, usually nouns, to make an adjective.


-id

From Old Irish -id, from Proto-Celtic *-īti from Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti.

slane (“whole, entire”) + -id → slanid (“entirety, totality”)


bloom

bloom m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


-s

From Old Irish -sa (first person singular) and -su (second person singular).


bea

bea f (genitive singular bea, no plural)

From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu (“life, existence”), from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts, from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).


bard

bard m (genitive singular ?, plural bardyn)

From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.


barb

barb (plural barbey, comparative barbey)


barb

barb m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


ark

ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)

arkagh (genitive singular)
arkyn (plural)
irk (plural)

From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).


oo

From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.


bock

bock m (genitive singular bock, plural buick)

bock (genitive singular)
buick (plural)
bock
vock
mock

From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (“he-goat”) (compare Irish boc).


cam

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

cammey (noun-from-verb)
cammit (participle past)
cam
cham
gam

bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)


cosh

ry-chosh

fo chosh

(obsolete, except for set phrases) dative singular of cass


cur

cur (noun-from-verb)
coyrt (noun-from-verb)
verym (first-person future independent singular)
vermayd (first-person future independent plural)
ver (analytic future independent)
derym (dependent first-person future singular)
dermayd (dependent first-person future plural)
der (analytic dependent future)
verym (first-person future relative singular)
vermayd (first-person future plural relative)
ver (analytic future relative)
verrin (conditional first-person independent singular)
verragh (analytic conditional independent)
verragh (conditional independent plural)
derrin (conditional dependent first-person singular)
derragh (analytic conditional dependent)
derragh (conditional dependent plural)
hug (independent past)
dug (dependent past)
cur (noun-from-verb)
coyrt (noun-from-verb)
currit (participle past)
cur
chur
gur

A highly suppletive verb with forms derived from two already suppletive verbs.
* The imperative and verbal noun forms are from Old Irish cuirid, from older cor, the verbal noun of fo·ceird. The verbal noun is etymologically unrelated to fo·ceird itself however, only arising in its paradigm due to suppletion.
* All other forms of the verb are from Old Irish do·beir, itself also a suppletive verb. See also Scottish Gaelic thoir and Irish tabhair.

Cur y muc shen magh hoshiaght.


glen

glen (plural glenney, comparative glenney)

From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).


glen

glen (verbal noun glenney, past participle glennit or glent)

glenney (noun-from-verb)
glennit (participle past)
glent (participle past)

From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from the adjective.


kay

head

kay f (genitive singular kay, plural kayghyn)

kay (genitive singular)
kayghyn (plural)
kay
chay
gay


kern

kern m (genitive singular kern, plural kernyn)

kern (genitive singular)
kernyn (plural)
kern
chern
gern

From Middle Irish ceithern (“band or troop of soldiers or fighting men”).


moll

head

moll (past voll, future independent mollee, verbal noun molley, past participle mollit)

voll (past)
mollee (future independent)
molley (noun-from-verb)
mollit (participle past)

From Middle Irish mellaid (“to deceive, beguile, seduce”), a denominative verb from Old Irish meld (“pleasant, delightful”). Cognate with Irish meall and Scottish Gaelic meall.

molteyr

deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor

Mollee y molteyr oo my oddys eh.

The deceiver will deceive you if he can.

fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick

V'eh mollit nagh daink ee.

He was disappointed that she did not come.

Ayns shen t'ou mollit.


moll

From Old Irish moil (“a mass, heap, pile”), mul m (“a globular mass, heap, lump”).


umber

head

umber m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


yawl

yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

yawl (genitive singular)
yawlyn (plural)


fend

fend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit)

fendeil (noun-from-verb)
fendit (participle past)
fend
end
vend


hie

From Old Irish (du)·choaid, lenited form of du·coaid, perfect tense of téit (“to go”). Cognate with Irish chuaigh, Scottish Gaelic chaidh, and Classical Gaelic do-chuaidh.


mess

mess m (genitive singular mess, plural messyn)

mess (genitive singular)
messyn (plural)
mess
vess

From Old Irish mess (“nuts”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”). Cognate with Irish meas (“fruit, mast”).


ree

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

ree (genitive singular)
reeghyn (plural)
reeaghyn (plural)

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

inh

Jean eh cooie da ree.

Keayrt dy row va ree ayn.

My vees yn ree hene eh, cha nel kiart echey ayns Mannin.

King or no king, he has no right to be in Mann.

T' eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin.

king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)


jean

head

jean (past ren, future independent nee, verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)

ren (past)
nee (future independent)
jannoo (noun-from-verb)
jeant (participle past)
neeym (first-person future independent singular)
nee'm (first-person future independent singular)
neemayd (first-person future independent plural)
nee (analytic future independent)
jeanym (dependent first-person future singular)
jeanmayd (dependent first-person future plural)
jean (analytic dependent future)
yinnin (conditional first-person independent singular)
yinnagh (analytic conditional independent)
yinnagh (conditional independent plural)
jinnin (conditional dependent first-person singular)
jinnagh (analytic conditional dependent)
jinnagh (conditional dependent plural)
ren (past)
jannoo (noun-from-verb)
jeant (participle past)

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.
The past form ren is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.

Ren (replaces hie) eh goll thie.

Yinnagh (replaces ragh) eh goll thie.

Nee (replaces hed) eh goll thie.

Jean (replaces gow) goll thie.

(auxiliary) A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.


aw

From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Irish amh), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emós, *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).


eh

From Old Irish é (“he, they”), from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognate with Irish é and Scottish Gaelic e.

Cur meer da’n feeagh as hig eh reesht.

Give the raven a bit and he’ll come again.

Cur lhiat magh eh.

Skeeal eddyr troor, t’eh ersooyl.


hood

to you

(informal) second-person singular of hug


Dee

a female given name, very common in the south of Mann in the 19th century


joan

joan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish dend. Cognate with Irish deannach.


narwhal

From English narwhal, from Old Norse náhvalr.


furnish

furnish m (genitive singular furnish, plural furnishyn)

furnish (genitive singular)
furnishyn (plural)
furnish
urnish
vurnish

From Old French fornais (compare Irish foirnéis, Scottish Gaelic fòirneis), from Latin fornāx.


hug

hym (first-person singular)
hood (second-person singular)
huggey (masculine singular third-person)
huic (feminine singular third-person)
hooin (first-person plural)
hiu (plural second-person)
huc (plural third-person)
hyms (emphatic first-person singular)
hoods (emphatic second-person singular)
huggeysyn (emphatic masculine singular third-person)
huicish (emphatic feminine singular third-person)
hooinyn (emphatic first-person plural)
hiuish (emphatic plural second-person)
hucsyn (emphatic plural third-person)

From Old Irish co (“to”). Compare Irish chuig and Scottish Gaelic gu.


poteen

poteen m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


aile

From Old Irish aingel (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).


cree

head

cree m (genitive singular cree, plural creeaghyn)

cree (genitive singular)
creeaghyn (plural)
cree
chree
gree

From Old Irish cride, from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Cha nel cree erbee echey.

Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag.

Ta cree dooie ny share na kione croutagh.

A kind heart is better than a crafty head.

Lught ny creeaghyn kiart.

The just; literally, 'people of just hearts'.

Shione dhyt folliaghtyn ny creeaghyn ain.


cred

cred (verbal noun credjal, past participle credjit)

credjal (noun-from-verb)
credjit (participle past)
cred
chred
gred


roo

to them

Cha row eh ny s'lheah er loayrt roo. No sooner had he spoken to them.

Ta mee çheughey roo. I side with them.


clann

clann (verbal noun clannaghey or clanney, past participle clannit)

clannaghey (noun-from-verb)
clanney (noun-from-verb)
clannit (participle past)
clann
chlann
glann


uss

From a Middle Irish [Term?] lenited form of Old Irish tussu.

Second person singular informal emphatic personal pronoun; you


tuck

tuck (verbal noun tuckal, past participle tuckit)

tuckal (noun-from-verb)
tuckit (participle past)


punt

punt m (genitive singular punt, plural puint)

punt (genitive singular)
puint (plural)
punt
phunt
bunt

From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”).


ard

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).


ard

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)


walker

walker m (genitive singular walker, plural walkeryn)

walker (genitive singular)
walkeryn (plural)


potashum

potashum m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


coo

coo m (genitive singular coo, plural coyin)

coo (genitive singular)
coyin (plural)
coo
choo
goo

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).


Juan

Cheayll mee voish Juan jiu.

Ta mee reih Juan erskyn Jamys.

a male given name, equivalent to English John


Adrian

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian


dolt

dolt (verbal noun doltey, past participle doltit)

doltey (noun-from-verb)
doltit (participle past)


quoi

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.


pene

From Old Irish féin (“self”). Cognate with dialectal Irish péin.

Cha gredjym pene eh.

Hrog mee orrym pene eh.

Ta mee my vainshter orrym pene.

Va mee loayrt rhym pene.


glare

glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)

glare (genitive singular)
glaraghyn (plural)
glare
ghlare
nglare


goo

goo m (genitive singular goo, plural googhyn)

goo (genitive singular)
googhyn (plural)

From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).


mish

Creid mish!

Mish lhiat!

First person singular emphatic personal pronoun; I, me.


Serb

Yn Serb (canonical masculine)
Serb
Herb
after "yn"
Terb

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Ann

a female given name, equivalent to English Anna


salamander

salamander m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

salamander
halamander
after "yn"
talamander

From English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra), of uncertain origin.


Jeff

a male given name, equivalent to English Geoffrey


taal

taal (verbal noun taaley, past participle taalit)

taaley (noun-from-verb)
taalit (participle past)


soar

soar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


soar

soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

soaral (noun-from-verb)
soarey (noun-from-verb)
soaraghey (noun-from-verb)
soar
hoar
after "yn"
toar


Art

a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur


Frank

yn Rank (canonical feminine)
ny Frank (genitive)

From Latin Francia, from Francus (“Frank”).

Haink eh noal ass yn Rank.

Hooar eh baase 'sy Rank.

Ren ad troailt 'sy Rank as ayns yn Spaainey ny yei shen.

They travelled in France and then in Spain.

T'eh ceau yn geurey ayns jiass ny Frank.


Frank

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Francis


crea

From Middle Irish créda, from Old Irish crédo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”).


mie

From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“good”). Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Irish maith, Scottish Gaelic math.

Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie.
A bad reaper never got a good sickle.

Cha jeanym drogh-hurn y chooilleeney son turn mie.

I won’t do a bad turn in exchange for a good turn.


Kate

a female given name, equivalent to English Kate or Katie


corp

corp m (genitive singular kirpey, plural kirp)

kirpey (genitive singular)
kirp (plural)
corp
chorp
gorp

From Old Irish corp, borrowed from Latin corpus.


Averil

From Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

der

Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.

The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.


bree

head

bree m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”) (compare Welsh bri (“fame, distinction”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).

drift, essence, gist, significance, implication, importance


bree

bree (verbal noun breeaghey, past participle breeaghit)

breeaghey (noun-from-verb)
breeaghit (participle past)
bree
vree
mree


pian

pian f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty”).


jee

jee m (genitive singular jee, plural jeeaghyn or jeeghyn)

jee (genitive singular)
jeeaghyn (plural)
jeeghyn (plural)

Hug ad ooashley da ymmodee jeeghyn.


bing

bing f (genitive singular bingey, plural bingaghyn)

bingey (genitive singular)
bingaghyn (plural)


bing

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”).


goog

goog f (genitive singular goog, plural googyn)

goog (genitive singular)
googyn (plural)
goog
ghoog
ngoog


Belg

Yn Velg (canonical feminine)
Belg
Velg
Melg


iu

iu (verbal noun iu, present participle giu, past participle iuit)

iu (noun-from-verb)
giu (participle present)
iuit (participle past)

From Old Irish ibid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.


rug

rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)

ruggal (noun-from-verb)
ruggit (participle past)

From ro·uccai, suppletive augmented form of beirid. Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic rugadh.


feeder

feeder m (genitive singular feeder, plural feederyn)

feeder (genitive singular)
feederyn (plural)
feeder
eeder
veeder

From Middle Irish *figedóir (“weaver”) (compare Irish fíodóir, Scottish Gaelic figheadair), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, fee + -der.


beinn

beinn m (genitive singular beinnee, plural beinnyn or binn)

beinnee (genitive singular)
beinnyn (plural)
binn (plural)
beinn
veinn
meinn

From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”).


Volga

Volga (A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea)


ain

at us


soie

soiaghey (noun-from-verb)
soie
hoie
after "yn"
toie

From Old Irish saidid. Cognate to Irish suigh and Scottish Gaelic suidh.


raun

head

raun f (genitive singular raun, plural raunteeyn or raunyn)

raun (genitive singular)
raunteeyn (plural)
raunyn (plural)

From Old Irish rón. Cognate to Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.

Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina#Translingual


sestet

sestet m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


diu

to you
Corp as slaynt yn imbagh diu. ― Compliments of the season to you.
Inshym skeeal diu nish. ― I'm going to tell you a story now.


oe

oe m or f (genitive singular oe, plural oeghyn)

From Old Irish aue, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos (“grandfather”).


aon

aon f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


oik

oik m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


brod

brod m (genitive singular brod, plural brodyn)

brod (genitive singular)
brodyn (plural)
brod
vrod
mrod

From Old Irish brot m (“goad; spike”), from Proto-Celtic *brasdu- (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (“tip, point”), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (“spike”).


leigh

leigh f (genitive singular leigh, plural leighaghyn or leighyn)

leigh (genitive singular)
leighaghyn (plural)
leighyn (plural)

From Old French lei (“law”), ultimately from Latin lēx.


broc

broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

broc (genitive singular)
brockyn (plural)
broc
vroc
mroc


lhaihder

lhaihder m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


cha

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n), from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con. Compare Irish ní, cha, Scottish Gaelic cha.

Cha bee'n poosey ayn.

Cha vel blass er.


soo

soo (verbal noun soo, past participle sooit)

soo (noun-from-verb)
sooit (participle past)


soo

soo m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


soo

soo m (genitive singular soo, plural sooghyn)

soo (genitive singular)
sooghyn (plural)
soo
hoo
after "yn"
too

From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib (“strawberry”), from Proto-Celtic *subi.


persoon

persoon m (genitive singular ?, plural persoonyn)

persoonyn (plural)
persoon
phersoon
bersoon


oranje

oranje f (genitive singular oranje, plural oranjeyn)

oranje (genitive singular)
oranjeyn (plural)


coronavirus

coronavirus m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

Ta Ellan Vannin gimmeeaght ny sniessey da caghlaa veih strateish geddyn rey rish coronavirus gys cummal cooidjagh rish y virus.

The Isle of Man is moving closer to switching from a coronavirus elimination strategy to living with the virus.


lus

lus m (genitive singular lus, plural lussyn)

From Old Irish lus (“plant, herb, vegetable”).


ort

on you


Davy

a male given name, equivalent to English David


Albey

head

Albey f (genitive ny Halbey or ny h-Albey or ny h'Albey)

ny Halbey (genitive)
ny h-Albey (genitive)
ny h'Albey (genitive)


marin

with us

Jig oo stiagh marin?

Lhig da çheet marin.


brock

brock m (genitive singular brock, plural brockyn)

brock (genitive singular)
brockyn (plural)
brock
vrock
mrock

From Middle Irish brocc, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) (compare Welsh broch).


quill

quill f (genitive singular quill, plural quillyn)

quill (genitive singular)
quillyn (plural)
quill
whill
guill

From Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”).


Clare

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Clara


oaie

oaie m (genitive singular oaie, plural oaieyn)

oaie (genitive singular)
oaieyn (plural)


oaie

oaie f (genitive singular oaie, plural oaieghyn)

oaie (genitive singular)
oaieghyn (plural)


ooh

ooh m (genitive singular oohey, plural oohyn)

oohey (genitive singular)
oohyn (plural)

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


kere

kere f (genitive singular kere, no plural)

From Old Irish céir, from Latin cēra. Compare Scottish Gaelic cèir and Irish céir.


kere

kere f (genitive singular kere, plural kerenyn or kereyn)

kere (genitive singular)
kerenyn (plural)
kereyn (plural)
kere
chere
gere

From Old Irish cír, from Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā. Scottish Gaelic cìr and Irish cíor.


-ane

From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

mair (“finger”) + -ane → mairane (“thimble”)

mooar (“big”) + -ane → mooarane (“a large amount, many, much”)

shirgey (“mummification”) + -ane → shirgane (“mummy”)

tonn (“wave”) + -ane → tonnane (“ripple, wavelet”)

A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Manx.


rea

rea m (genitive singular rea, plural reaghyn)

rea (genitive singular)
reaghyn (plural)

Cha row rea lhean lheeah rieau roauyr.


rea

From Old Irish réid (“level, smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *reidis.

neurea

lumpy, rough, scraggy; entangled; uneven


att

att m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Middle Irish att, from Old Irish att.


gant

gant m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From English gander. Compare Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”) (modern gandal).


roue

before them


slane

From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).


muir

muir f (genitive singular marrey, plural muiraghyn)

marrey (genitive singular)
muiraghyn (plural)
muir
vuir


grian

grian f (genitive singular greiney, plural grianyn)

greiney (genitive singular)
grianyn (plural)
grian
ghrian
ngrian

From Old Irish grían (“sun”), from Proto-Celtic *greinā.

Plaasyn prinsoil glistral myr whilleen grian.

Princely palaces shining like so many suns.

Ta'n ghrian yial er chooilleen e jurnaa.

The bright sun has finished her journey.


veronica

veronica f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


gruag

gruag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


huic

to her


almon

almon m (genitive singular almon, plural almonyn)

almon (genitive singular)
almonyn (plural)


oie

oie f (genitive singular oie, plural oieghyn)

oie (genitive singular)
oieghyn (plural)

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oidhche.


cair

From Middle Irish cóir, from Old Irish coaïr, cóir.


cair

cair f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


hiu

to you


aeg

From Old Irish óc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós (compare English young).

Cha nel mee lowal rish y fer aeg shen.


rio

rio m (genitive singular rioee, plural rioghyn)

rioee (genitive singular)
rioghyn (plural)

Bee rio ayn noght.

T'ou shooyl er rio thanney.


rio

rio (verbal noun riojey, past participle riojit)

riojey (noun-from-verb)
riojit (participle past)


clag

clag m (genitive singular cluig, plural cluig)

cluig (genitive singular)
cluig (plural)
clag
chlag
glag


dragan

dragan m (genitive singular dragan, plural draganyn)

dragan (genitive singular)
draganyn (plural)
dragan
ghragan
nragan

From Old Irish dragán, an English or Romance loanword, ultimately from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”).


ayr

head

ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)

ayrey (genitive singular)
ayraghyn (plural)

→ English: ayr

From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.

Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu.

Carrey my ayrey eh.

Hug mee coyrle ayrey da.

Kanys ta'n ayr shen ayd?

Ren ad eh y vashtey ass yn ayr echey.

T'eh cur cooinaghtyn orrym jeh'n ayr echey.


graney

From Old Irish gráinech (“hideous, horrible, loathly”). Compare Irish gránna.


streng

head

streng f (genitive singular streng, plural strengyn)

streng (genitive singular)
strengyn (plural)
streng
hreng
after "yn"
treng

From Old Irish sreng, from Old Norse strengr.


croit

croit f (genitive singular croittey, plural croittyn)

croittey (genitive singular)
croittyn (plural)


blass

blass m (genitive singular blass, plural blassyn)

blass (genitive singular)
blassyn (plural)
blass
vlass
mlass

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos.

Cha vel blass er.

Dty phaag lesh blass ny molley.

Ta blass eeast er.

Ta blass unnishyn er yn anvroie.

Ta blass kiart ny Gaelgey ayd.

Ta blass ny Baarle echey.

Ta blass Sostynagh echey.

Ta blass Yernagh echey.

Dy chur blass da skeeal.

Va blass trimshey ayns e choraa.

There was a note of sorrow in his voice.


Gaelg

Cha ren mee rieau toiggal Gaelg dy mie.

Myr she Manninagh mish ta Gaelg aym.

T'eh gynsaghey Gaelg da ny paitçhyn echey.

Gaelg Albinagh, Gaelg ny Halbey

Vel peiagh erbee as Gaelg echey ayns shoh?


mooie

From Old Irish immaig, from in + mmuig, dative singular of mag (“field”).


qualtagh

qualtagh m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

→ English: qualtagh

PIE word
 *ḱóm
From quaail (“act of meeting; a meeting”) (ultimately from Old Irish comdál, from com- (prefix meaning ‘with’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + dál (“part, share; land in which a tribe lives”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide; to share”))) + -agh (suffix forming adjectives and nouns expressing belonging, a connection to, having, or an involvement with). The interfix -t- may be modelled after an unattested form of Old Irish comaltae (“foster-brother; companion”).

cog

the first individual a person meets after leaving their house


Maroc

Yn Varoc (canonical feminine)
Maroc
Varoc


Albin

head

Albin f (genitive na Halbey or na h-Albey or na h'Albey)

na Halbey (genitive)
na h-Albey (genitive)
na h'Albey (genitive)

From Old Irish Albain, dative form of Albu.


Alistair

From Old Irish Alaxander, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


brein

breinney (genitive singular)
brein
vrein
mrein

From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).


partan

head

partan m (genitive singular partan, plural partanyn)

partan (genitive singular)
partanyn (plural)
partan
phartan
bartan

"Vel ny partanyn snaue, Joe?" "Cha nel monney, cha nel monney," dooyrt Joe.

"Are the crabs crawling, Joe?" "Not much, not much," said Joe.

Yn partan ta dy-kinjagh 'sy towl echey cha vel eh rieau roauyr.

The crab which is always in its hole is never fat.


mair

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

mair (genitive singular)
meir (plural)
mair
vair

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.


conning

conning f (genitive singular conning, plural conneeyn)

conning (genitive singular)
conneeyn (plural)
conning
chonning
gonning


sunt

sunt (verbal noun suntal or sunteil, past participle suntit)

suntal (noun-from-verb)
sunteil (noun-from-verb)
suntit (participle past)
sunt
hunt
after "yn"
tunt

From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

(nautical) to sound, fathom, chart by sounding


gien

gien (verbal noun gientyn, past participle giennit)

gientyn (noun-from-verb)
giennit (participle past)
gien
ghien
ngien


arree

arree (verbal noun arraghey, past participle arrit)

arraghey (noun-from-verb)
arrit (participle past)

From Middle Irish aithrigid (“to change, alter, move”), from Old Irish ad·eirrig (“to repeat, reiterate; change”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (whence also Old Irish at·reig, Manx irree), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten”). Cognate with Irish athraigh and Scottish Gaelic atharraich.


captan

head

captan m (genitive singular captan, plural captanyn)

captan (genitive singular)
captanyn (plural)
captan
chaptan
gaptan

From English captain, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”).


corran

corran m (genitive singular corran, plural corranyn)

corran (genitive singular)
corranyn (plural)


croo

croo m (genitive singular croo, plural crooghyn)

croo (genitive singular)
crooghyn (plural)

From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).


croo

From Old Irish cruthaid (“to create, form”), from the noun.


orts

on you (informal, emphatic)

Orts yn loght. The fault lies with you.

Ta accrys orts as orroosyn. You and they are hungry.


hoods

with you (informal, emphatic)


maree

with her

Abbyr r'ee dy vel mee cocheayney maree. Give her my condolences.

Beeym goll magh maree. I have a date with her.


marran

head

marran m (genitive singular marran, plural marranyn)

marran (genitive singular)
marranyn (plural)
marran
varran


valse

valse m (genitive singular valse, plural valseyn)

valse (genitive singular)
valseyn (plural)

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.


hee

Hee eh adsyn cloie 'syn aer.

Fark as hee oo!

second/third-person singular/plural future independent of faik


oc

at them


curragh

curragh m (genitive singular curree, plural curreeyn)

curree (genitive singular)
curreeyn (plural)
curragh
churragh
gurragh


hed

future independent analytic form of immee


veue

from you


mee

From Old Irish mé, from Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”).

Ta mee aynshoh.

As ta mee gra riu.


mee

mee f (genitive singular mee, plural meeghyn)

mee (genitive singular)
meeghyn (plural)
mee
vee

From Old Irish mí, from Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

inh

Mee Houney

Mee Luanistyn

mee ny heayst

mee ny molley


strep

streppey (noun-from-verb)
strep
hrep
after "yn"
trep


spinney

head

spinney m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


baar

baar m (genitive singular baar, plural baaryn)

baar (genitive singular)
baaryn (plural)
baar
vaar
maar

From Old Irish barr (“top”), from Proto-Celtic *barros.


-ag

From Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -agh.

A feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.


raad

raad m (genitive singular raaidjey, plural raaidjyn)

raaidjey (genitive singular)
raaidjyn (plural)

T'eh cummal tessyn yn raad.

Hie eh er y raad aggairagh.

Ta raad aym ry hooyl.

Haink dubbaghyn fliaghee er y raad.

V'eh er y raad kiart.

Hug eh shilley stiagh 'sy çhapp er e raad er ash.

He dropped into the shop on his way back.

Ta mee goll er y raad s'girrey.

Yiare eh raad da hene trooid y chionnal.


raad

raad (verbal noun raadey, past participle raadit)

raadey (noun-from-verb)
raadit (participle past)


sorn

sorn (genitive singular)
sorn
horn
after "yn"
torn


-yn

Originally the Old Irish accusative and vocative plural ending of n-stem nouns. For example Old Irish imbliu, vocative/accusative plural imblenna. Cognate with Irish -anna, Scottish Gaelic -an.

Pluralisation suffix, similar to English -s


muc

muc f (genitive singular muickey or muigey, plural mucyn or muckyn or muick)

muickey (genitive singular)
muigey (genitive singular)
mucyn (plural)
muckyn (plural)
muick (plural)
muc
vuc

From Old Irish mucc, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (compare Welsh moch (“pigs”), Cornish mogh, Breton moc’h).

Ta enney ec muc er muc elley.

Birds of a feather flock together. (literally, “A pig knows another pig.”)


gurn

gurneil (noun-from-verb)
gurn
ghurn
ngurn


Glaschu

From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”), from *glas (“green”) + *cöü (“hollow”) (for this element see Irish cuas (“hollow”), Welsh cau (“hollow”)).

der

Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)


magh

From Old Irish i mmach (literally “into the plain”).


tonn

head

tonn f (genitive singular [please provide], plural tonnyn)

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).


obb

head

obb (verbal noun obbal, present participle gobbal, past participle obbit)

obbal (noun-from-verb)
gobbal (participle present)
obbit (participle past)

From Middle Irish opaid, from Old Irish as·boind (“to refuse”).


lann

lann f (genitive singular lann, plural lannyn)

lann (genitive singular)
lannyn (plural)

From Old Irish lann, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Welsh llan; and with Proto-Germanic *landą, English land.


daa

From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.


Tórshavn

From Faroese Tórshavn, from Old Norse Þórshǫfn (“Thor's Haven”).

Tórshavn (the capital city of the Faroe Islands)


shen

yn fer shen


shen

Shen my voir.


jiu

of you/ye


jiu

From Old Irish díu, dative singular of día (“day”).


jiu

head

jiu m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


egin

From Old Irish éicen (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; necessitousness”).

inh

er egin hene

egin ny tarraghtyn

egin ny Sabeenee


shirr

head

shirr (verbal noun shirrey, past participle shirrit)

shirrey (noun-from-verb)
shirrit (participle past)
shirr
hirr
after "yn"
çhirr

From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sir.

seek, go after, cast about, search, solicit, prospect


collane

collane m (genitive singular collane, plural collaneyn)

collane (genitive singular)
collaneyn (plural)
collane
chollane
gollane

From Old Irish cáelán (“gut, intestine”), from coíl (“fine, narrow, slender”).


rass

From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).


voin

from us


grees

greesaghey (noun-from-verb)
grees
ghrees
ngrees

Probably from Middle Irish grís (“heat, embers, ashes”). See also Scottish Gaelic grìos of similar meaning.

inh

to incite, provoke, agitate, egg on, foment, excite, stir up, instigate, prod


yn

From Old Irish in (compare Scottish Gaelic and Irish an).


saa

Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) + aa

compound

T'eh tree bleeaney ny saa na mish

Y mac saa.

superlative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)


doo-oallee

head

doo-oallee f (genitive singular doo-oallee, plural doo-oalleeyn)

doo-oallee (genitive singular)
doo-oalleeyn (plural)
doo-oallee
ghoo-oallee
noo-oallee


giare

s'girrey (comparative)
giare
yiare
ngiare

From Old Irish gerr, from Proto-Celtic *gerros.


s'

S'mie lhiam shillishyn.

Shegin dooin goll dy chaggey.

my saillt

V'ee yn inneen s'bwaaee 'sy theihll.

She was the prettiest girl in the world.

fer s'gilley jeh mooinjey y vadran

the brightest of the sons of the morning

Used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives


doon

doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

ghoon (past)
doonee (future independent)
dooney (noun-from-verb)
doont (participle past)

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).


doon

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

doon (genitive singular)
doonyn (plural)
doon
ghoon
noon

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley.


stott

stott m (genitive singular stitt, plural stitt)

stitt (genitive singular)
stitt (plural)


blaag

blaag f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


huc

to them


myr

From Middle Irish immar. Cognate with Irish mar.

Myr va mee gra...


rolt

rolt f (genitive singular rolt, plural roltyn)

rolt (genitive singular)
roltyn (plural)

From Middle Irish rétlu, from Old Irish rétglu.


edd

From English hat. Compare Scottish Gaelic ad, also considered a borrowing from English.


edd

From Middle Irish net (“nest”), from Old Irish net (“nest”), from Proto-Celtic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate to Irish nead (“nest”) and Scottish Gaelic nead (“nest”).
The initial n- was lost due to being rebracketed as being from the definite article yn (“the”).


aspit

aspit m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


penn

penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)

penney (genitive singular)
pennyn (plural)
penn
phenn
benn

From Old Irish penn (“pen”), from Latin penna.


-it

Suffix forming the past participle of verbs.


quing

quing f (genitive singular quing, plural quingyn)

quing (genitive singular)
quingyn (plural)
quing
whing
guing

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.


seyr

From Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *su-wiros (“good man”).


seyr

seyr m (genitive singular [please provide], plural seyir)

seyir (plural)
seyr
heyr
after "yn"
teyr

From Old Irish sáer, from Proto-Celtic *saɸiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sapiros, from *sap- (“skill”).


laad

laad m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


laad

laad (verbal noun laadey, past participle laadit)

laadey (noun-from-verb)
laadit (participle past)


broie

From Middle Irish bruithid, a verbal derivative of Old Irish bruith. Cognate to Irish bruith.


broie

broie m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


traen

traen m (genitive singular traenagh, plural traenyn)

traenagh (genitive singular)
traenyn (plural)
traen
hraen
draen


aym

at me


-ys

From Old Irish -as (compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic -as), from Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus.

Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns


fakin

fakin m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


mean

mean m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish medón (“middle, centre”), from Latin mediānus.

meanagh

center, central; intermediate; centric, centrical

Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.

Better to change horses in mid ford than to drown.

Tar stiagh ayns mean y killagh.

Trogmayd mean.


harrin

to us


cluin

cluin (verbal noun cluinaghtyn, past tense form cheayll, past participle cluinit or clinnit)

cluinaghtyn (noun-from-verb)
form cheayll (past)
cluinit (participle past)
clinnit (participle past)
cluin
chluin
gluin

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinutor, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “hears”)) from *ḱlew- (“to hear”).


creid

creid (verbal noun credjal, past participle credjit)

credjal (noun-from-verb)
credjit (participle past)
creid
chreid
greid

From Old Irish creitid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.


sneeu

From Old Irish sním. Cognate with Irish sníomh.


sneeu

sneeu m (genitive singular sneeuee, plural sneeughyn)

sneeuee (genitive singular)
sneeughyn (plural)
sneeu
neeu
after "yn"
tneeu


riu

As ta mee gra riu. And I say unto you.


kys

Contraction of kanys. From Old Irish cindas.

Kys t'ou?

Kys haink eh lhiat?

Cha vel toiggal ayd kys ta ny craueyn goll er kiaddey.

You do not understand how the bones are formed.


cray

From Middle Irish cré, Old Irish cré, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess; compare Latin crēta. Gaelic cognates include Scottish Gaelic crè and Irish cré.


mamm

mamm f (genitive singular mamm, plural mammyn)

mamm (genitive singular)
mammyn (plural)
mamm
vamm


voyd

from you

(informal) second-person singular of voish


burling

burling f (genitive singular burling, plural burleeyn)

burling (genitive singular)
burleeyn (plural)
burling
vurling
murling


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called seddag (“cedilla”) in Manx, and found on Ç/ç.


cruinn

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).


kayt

kayt m (genitive singular kayt, plural kiyt)

kayt (genitive singular)
kiyt (plural)
kayt
chayt
gayt

From Old Irish catt. Cognate with Irish cat.

Cha nel reamys da kayt dy ghaunsin ayn.

T'eh cha breagagh as ta'n kayt cha braddagh.

He is as much a liar as the cat is a thief.

Ta'n kayt heose 'sy villey.

Tra vees yn kayt mooie bee ny lughee daunsin.

When the cat is away the mice will play.


trog

trog (verbal noun troggal, past participle troggit)

troggal (noun-from-verb)
troggit (participle past)
trog
hrog
drog

to lift, raise, hoist, raise up, elevate, heave (as shoulders), boost


gitar

gitar m (genitive singular gitar, plural [please provide])

gitar (genitive singular)
gitar
ghitar
ngitar


meen

Charrey veen.

Ghuilley veen!

Kys t'ou ghooinney veen?

My veen, lhig dou cur Moirrey er enney dhyt.

My dear, allow me to introduce Mary to you.

Wooinney veen!

dear, darling, sweet, bland, quiet, patient


follan

follaney (comparative)
follan
ollan
vollan


carrick

carree (genitive singular)
carrick
charrick
garrick

From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare modern Irish carraig), from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).


bolgan

head

bolgan m (genitive singular bolgan, plural bolganyn)

bolgan (genitive singular)
bolganyn (plural)
bolgan
volgan
molgan


ushag

ushag f (genitive singular ushag, plural ushagyn)

ushag (genitive singular)
ushagyn (plural)

From Middle Irish uiseóg (“lark”); compare Irish fuiseog and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.


mercur

mercur m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


innis

innis f (genitive singular innis, plural innisyn)

innis (genitive singular)
innisyn (plural)


awin

awin f (genitive singular awiney or awin, plural awinyn)

awiney (genitive singular)
awin (genitive singular)
awinyn (plural)

From Old Irish ab, aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).


laa

laa m (genitive singular laa, plural laghyn)

Cha nel Manninagh rieau creeney derrey'n laa lurg y vargee.

A Manxman is never wise until the day after the market.

Cha nel ny laghyn ain agh beggan.

Cha nel red erbee ayn ny laghyn shoh agh shen.

Chass eh er ash laa ny vairagh.

Cheau mee laa er y çheer.

Cooineeym er gys y laa s'odjey veem bio.

Cre'n laa jeh'n çhiaghtin t'eh?

Hig eh nane jeh ny laghyn shoh.

S'giare ta ny laghyn echey.

Ta mee lieh chadley ny laghyn shoh.

Ta mee shassoo er my chione hene ny laghyn shoh.

Ta ny laghyn goll ny s'girrey.


roon

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

roon (genitive singular)
roonyn (plural)


cah

cah m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).


feme

feme m (genitive singular feme, plural femeyn)

feme (genitive singular)
femeyn (plural)
feme
eme
veme

From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum and Irish feidhm.

myr vees feme rish


obo

obo m (genitive singular obo, plural oboghyn)

obo (genitive singular)
oboghyn (plural)


lagg

From Proto-Celtic *luggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”), see also Greek λυγίζω (lygízo, “bend”), Irish lag (“pit, hollow”).


moir

moir f (genitive singular mayrey, plural moiraghyn)

mayrey (genitive singular)
moiraghyn (plural)
moir
voir

From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Coordinate term: ayr

S’blah ennal ny mayrey.


Canadey

Yn Chanadey (canonical)
Canadey
Chanadey
Ganadey

Hie eh dys Canadey.


voue

from them


braar

braar m (genitive singular braarey, plural braaraghyn)

braarey (genitive singular)
braaraghyn (plural)
braar
vraar
mraar

From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).


ennym

ennym m (genitive singular enmey, plural enmyn)

enmey (genitive singular)
enmyn (plural)

From Old Irish ainm, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Va ennym y voidyn, Moirrey.


dorrys

dorrys m (genitive singular dorrysh, plural dorryssyn)

dorrysh (genitive singular)
dorryssyn (plural)
dorrys
ghorrys
norrys

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Cognate with Irish doras and Welsh drws.


argid

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argid m (genitive singular argid, plural argidyn)

argid (genitive singular)
argidyn (plural)

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

der

Ta’n airh ny strimmey na’n argid


booa

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booa f (genitive singular baa, plural booaghyn)

baa (genitive singular)
booaghyn (plural)
booa
vooa
mooa

From Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic *bāus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.


kiare

From Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


kiare

kiare (verbal noun kiarail, past participle kiarit)

kiarail (noun-from-verb)
kiarit (participle past)
kiare
chiare
giare


keead

keead m (genitive singular keead, plural keeadyn)

keead (genitive singular)
keeadyn (plural)

From Old Irish cét, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Irish céad.


jeih

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Irish deich.


nuy

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Irish naoi.


queig

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.


shey

shey m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Scottish Gaelic sia.


shiaght

shiaght m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate with Irish seacht.


hoght

From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.


aane

aane f (genitive singular aaney, no plural)

From Middle Irish ae, from Old Irish óa.


beeal

beeal m (genitive singular beill or beealloo, plural beill)

beill (genitive singular)
beealloo (genitive singular)
beill (plural)
beeal
veeal
meeal

From Old Irish bél (compare Scottish Gaelic beul, Irish béal), possibly from Proto-Celtic *weblos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).


pirgrin

pirgrin m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


troailtagh crauee

troailtagh (“traveller”) + crauee (“religious, devout”).


beishteig

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beishteig f (genitive singular beishteig, plural beishteigyn)

beishteig (genitive singular)
beishteigyn (plural)
beishteig
veishteig
meishteig

/prəˈʃtʲeːɡ/

From Middle Irish péist, from Old Irish píast, from Latin bēstia.


billey

billey m (genitive singular billey, plural biljyn)

billey (genitive singular)
biljyn (plural)

From Old Irish bile, from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”).

Hie mee cooyl billey.

Hoie eh cha jeeragh as billey.

My chrieys oo y billey ny s'creoiey, tuittee ny croiyn.

If you shake the tree harder the nuts will fall.

Ren y gleashtan smoashal noi billey.

Ta biljyn er beealloo yn thie.

Ta biljyn rish yn awin.

Ta'n billey ceau e ghuillagyn.


billey

billey m (genitive singular billey, plural billaghyn)

billey (genitive singular)
billaghyn (plural)
billey
villey
milley

Borrowing from English bill or Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal; sealed document”).

der

Hie yn billey ny hrooid.

Hug eh lesh stiagh billey ayns Y Chiare as Feed.


blaa

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blaa m (genitive singular blaa, plural blaaghyn)

blaa (genitive singular)
blaaghyn (plural)
blaa
vlaa
mlaa

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).


dooinney

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dooinney m (genitive singular dooinney, plural deiney)

dooinney (genitive singular)
deiney (plural)
dooinney
ghooinney
nooinney

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).


cass

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cass f (genitive singular coshey, plural cassyn)

coshey (genitive singular)
cassyn (plural)
cass
chass
gass

Ta cass echey 'syn oaie.


clagh

clagh f (genitive singular cloaie, plural claghyn)

cloaie (genitive singular)
claghyn (plural)
clagh
chlagh
glagh


cleaysh

cleaysh f (genitive singular cleayshey, plural cleayshyn)

cleayshey (genitive singular)
cleayshyn (plural)
cleaysh
chleaysh
gleaysh

From Old Irish clúas, clúais (“hearing, ear”), from Proto-Celtic *kloustā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Cur cleaysh da'n choyrle!

Hug eh cleaysh vouyr dou.

Hug mee cleaysh gheyre da.

Hug mee cleaysh vouyr da'n irriney.

Ren ee jiargaghey gys bun ny cleayshyn eck.

Ta cleaysh ree-gheyre echey.

Ta cleaysh vie echey da'n chiaulleeaght.

Ta cleayshyn birragh echey.


collaneyn

Va mee glenney magh my chollaneyn.

Shegin daue tayrn ny collaneyn ass ny conneeyn.


crackan

crackan m (genitive singular crackanagh or craitnagh, plural crackanyn or craitnyn)

crackanagh (genitive singular)
craitnagh (genitive singular)
crackanyn (plural)
craitnyn (plural)
crackan
chrackan
grackan

From Old Irish croiccenn (“skin, hide”).

Cre yiow jeh'n chayt agh y crackan echey?

What will you get from the cat but its skin?


craue

craue m (genitive singular craue, plural craueyn or crauenyn)

craue (genitive singular)
craueyn (plural)
crauenyn (plural)
craue
chraue
graue

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).


eayst

eayst f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

Ta bwoaillee er yn eayst

Ta eayst ayn noght


eairk

eairk f (genitive singular eairk, plural eairkyn)

eairk (genitive singular)
eairkyn (plural)

From Old Irish adarc (“horn”). Cognate with Irish adharc.


eeast

eeast m (genitive singular eeast, plural eeastyn)

eeast (genitive singular)
eeastyn (plural)

From Old Irish íasc. Cognate with Irish iasc.

Bioys da dooinney as baase da eeast.

She dooghys eeast eh dy snaue.

Ta'n awin plooghit lesh eeast.

Ta'n eeast shoh snaue er eaghtyr ny marrey.


cappan

cappan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


cabbyl

cabbyl m (genitive singular cabbil, plural cabbil)

cabbil (genitive singular)
cabbil (plural)
cabbyl
chabbyl
gabbyl

Dy bee son Juan veagh y cabbyl 've marroo nish.

Only for John the horse would be dead now.

Hug eh punt er cabbyl.

Ren y cabbyl ratçhal roish.

Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.

Ta'n cabbyl gymmyltey 'sy vagher.


vondeish

vondeish f (genitive singular vondeish, plural vondeishyn)

vondeish (genitive singular)
vondeishyn (plural)

Borrowed from Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage.

Hug eh eh da'n vondeish echey hene.

Ta vondeish ayd orrym.


ushtey

ushtey m (genitive singular ushtey, plural ushtaghyn)

ushtey (genitive singular)
ushtaghyn (plural)

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Chasherickee eh yn ushtey.

Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey.


thalloo

thalloo m (genitive singular thallooin, plural thallooyn)

thallooin (genitive singular)
thallooyn (plural)
thalloo
halloo
dhalloo

From Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-mon-, root *tel-.

thallooinagh

earthborn, earthly, terrestrial; earthy; agrarian; risky; territorial

Chionnee mee thalloo lesh yn argid.

Cre'n çheu ta'n thalloo ayn?

Hug eh e lhong er y thalloo.

Hug eh thalloo 'syn ennym eck.

land, country, terrain, territory, shore

Beeym er y thalloo kiart nish.

Doshil y thalloo foin.

Heeyn eh eh hene er y thalloo.

Hie y shynnagh 'sy thalloo.


stroin

stroin f (genitive singular stroaney or stroinney or stronney, plural stroinyn or strointeeyn)

stroaney (genitive singular)
stroinney (genitive singular)
stronney (genitive singular)
stroinyn (plural)
strointeeyn (plural)
stroin
hroin
after "yn"
troin

From Old Irish sróin, dative/accusative of srón (“nose, nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”)).


niart

From Old Irish nert, from Proto-Celtic *nertom (“strength, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ner-to- (“virile, strong”), a derivative of *h₂nḗr (“man; vital energy”).


paitçhey

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paitçhey m (genitive singular paitçhey, plural paitçhyn)

paitçhey (genitive singular)
paitçhyn (plural)
paitçhey
phaitçhey
baitçhey

From Early Modern Irish páitse (compare modern Irish páiste, Scottish Gaelic pàisde), from Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

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Cha nel rick ny resoon er ny paitçhyn nish.

Cooinee nagh vel ee agh paitçhey.

Hug mee y paitçhey dy lhie.

Lhiats ny paitçhyn shen?

T'eh gynsaghey Gaelg da ny paitçhyn echey.
He is teaching his children Manx.

Va'n Vretnish ynsit j'ee dy jeean tra v'ee ny paitçhey.

Welsh was hammered into her when she was a child.


mooar

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mooar (plural mooarey, comparative moo, superlative smoo)

mooarey (plural)
moo (comparative)
smoo (superlative)
mooar
vooar

Bee argid mooar ass.

By haittin mooar lhiam fakin ee reesht.

It would afford me great pleasure to see her again.

Cha nel eh lieh cho mooar as shen.

Daag eh sluight mooar ny yei.

Diu eh ooilley lesh slug mooar.

He drank it at a draught (literally, ‘with a big swallow’).

big, great, grand, heavy, powerful, extravagant


laue

laue f (genitive singular lauey, plural laueyn)

lauey (genitive singular)
laueyn (plural)

From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)). Cognate with Irish lámh.

inh

Hug ad nyn laueyn ry cheilley er.

Ny cur dty laueyn er!

T'ad gobbragh ass laueyn y cheilley.

They are playing into each other's hands.

Ta mee glenney my laueyn.

Ta mooarane argid çheet trooid ny laueyn echey.


lioar

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lioar f (genitive singular lioaragh, plural lioaryn)

lioaragh (genitive singular)
lioaryn (plural)

Cre'n lioar t'ou laccal?

-Cur er-ash dou my lioar.
-Cre'n lioar?
-Give me back my book.
-What book?

Dar y Lioar Chasherick!

Dar y lioar!

Hymnee eh y lioar da'n ven echey.


faiyr

From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’. Cognate with Irish féar.

der

Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.

Ta'n faiyr glassraghey.

Vuinn mee y faiyr.

Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.

The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.


jees

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jees f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish dïas (compare Scottish Gaelic dithis).


lhiannoo

lhiannoo m (genitive singular lhiennoo, plural lhiennoo)

lhiennoo (genitive singular)
lhiennoo (plural)

From Old Irish lenab (compare Irish leanbh).


eayn

eayn m (genitive singular eayn, plural eayin)

From Old Irish úan. Cognate with Irish uan.

Chrogh eh yn eayn er ny geayltyn echey.

Ren y cheyrrey tilgey yn eayn eck.


fuill

fuill f (genitive singular folley, no plural)

folley (genitive singular)
fuill
uill
vuill

Dirree my chooid folley feayr.

Ta feeagh folley er.

Ta fuill ny s'chee na ushtey.


geay

geay f (genitive singular geayee, plural geayghyn or geayaghyn)

geayee (genitive singular)
geayghyn (plural)
geayaghyn (plural)
geay
gheay
ngeay

From Old Irish gáeth. Cognate with Irish gaoth.


keyll

keyll f (genitive singular keylley, plural keylljyn)

keylley (genitive singular)
keylljyn (plural)
keyll
cheyll
geyll

From Old Irish caill. Cognate with Irish coill.

Dy gholl gys ny keylljyn.

Hie mee trooid keyll.

Ta mee goll raad ny keylley.

Ta’n cheyll gharree shen lhiams.


aggle

aggle m (genitive singular aggle, plural agglyn)

aggle (genitive singular)
agglyn (plural)

From Middle Irish ecla, from Old Irish eclae. Compare Scottish Gaelic eagal and Irish eagla.

Ny bee aggle erriu.


skynn

skynn f (genitive singular skynney, no plural)

From Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut”).

Cha nel agh skynn voandagh aym.

Heiy mee skynn ayn.

Nee'n skynn vie ee? She.

Ren y chlagh jannoo y skynn moandagh.

Vel oo jannoo ymmyd jeh'n skynn ayd?


slieau

slieau m (genitive singular slieau, plural sleityn)

slieau (genitive singular)
sleityn (plural)
slieau
lieau
after "yn"
tlieau

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos. Cognate with Irish sliabh.

T’eh ayns ny sleityn geiyrt er ny kirree.

He is in the mountains attending on the sheep.

T’eh cha shenn as ny sleityn.

Ta ny sleityn roie shiar as sheear.

Ta’n balley beg soit ec bun ny sleityn.


cronk

cronk m (genitive singular cruink or crink, plural cruink or crink)

cruink (genitive singular)
crink (genitive singular)
cruink (plural)
crink (plural)
cronk
chronk
gronk

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”).

T'ad cur beeal-ghraih da'n Ghaelg er Cronk Keeill Eoin.

They pay lip service to Manx on Tynwald hill.

Ta'n thie er cronk.

Cronk Calvaree


sooill

sooill f (genitive singular sooilley, plural sooillyn)

sooilley (genitive singular)
sooillyn (plural)
sooill
hooill
after "yn"
tooill

From Old Irish súil, from Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle (“suns”), dual of *sūlos, genitive of *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.


keyrrey

keyrrey f (genitive singular keyrragh, plural kirree)

keyrragh (genitive singular)
kirree (plural)
keyrrey
cheyrrey
geyrrey

From Middle Irish cáera, from Old Irish cauru, from Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs.

Ren y cheyrrey tilgey yn eayn eck.

T’ish y cheyrrey smessey ’sy woaillee.

Ta un cheyrrey screbbagh doghaney yn clane shioltane.

One scabby sheep infects the whole flock.


jaagh

jaagh f (genitive singular jaagh, plural jaaghyn)

jaagh (genitive singular)
jaaghyn (plural)

From Middle Irish deathach, from Old Irish dé (“smoke, haze, vapour”). Compare Irish deatach.


jaagh

jaagh (verbal noun jaaghey, past participle jaaghit)

jaaghey (noun-from-verb)
jaaghit (participle past)
jaagh
yaagh
n'yaagh


sniaghtey

sniaghtey m (genitive singular sniaghtee, plural sniaghtaghyn)

sniaghtee (genitive singular)
sniaghtaghyn (plural)
sniaghtey
niaghtey
after "yn"
tniaghtey

Heid y gheay y sniaghtey ayns sheebey noi'n cleigh.

The wind blew the snow against the hedge.

Huitt y sniaghtey roauyr.

T'eh ceau sniaghtey dy trome.

Ta ny raaidjyn glen erreish da'n sniaghtey.


rollage

rollage f (genitive singular rollage, plural rollageyn)

rollage (genitive singular)
rollageyn (plural)

rolt + -age (compare roltag, Irish réaltóg, Scottish Gaelic reultag)

Haink ny rollageyn roo erreish da'n fliaghey.

Haink rollageyn er e hooillyn.

T'ad shiaulley liorish ny rollageyn.

Ta ny rollageyn fockley magh gloyr Yee.


feeackle

feeackle f (genitive singular feeackle, plural feeacklyn)

feeackle (genitive singular)
feeacklyn (plural)
feeackle
eeackle
veeackle

Gow dty eeacklyn magh!

Lhome eh e 'eeacklyn.

T'eh giarrey ny feeacklyn echey.

Ta ny feeacklyn cailt eck.

Va feeackle tayrnit assym


arran

arran m (genitive singular [please provide], plural arranyn)


lhong

lhong f (genitive singular lhuingey, plural lhongyn)

lhuingey (genitive singular)
lhongyn (plural)

C'raad va ynnyd ny lhong ec y vunlaa?

Gys Doolish va'n lhong goll.

Hie y lhong fo ayns Baie Ghoolish.

Va'n lhong er ny insh dy ve ayns Doolish.


baatey

baatey m (genitive singular baatey, plural baatyn)

baatey (genitive singular)
baatyn (plural)
baatey
vaatey
maatey

From Middle Irish bát (compare Irish bád, Scottish Gaelic bàta), borrowed from Old English bāt.


caggey

caggey m (genitive singular caggee, plural caggaghyn)

caggee (genitive singular)
caggaghyn (plural)
caggey
chaggey
gaggey

From Old Irish cocad, from com- + cath (compare Manx co-, cah).


Manninagh

Crogh y brattagh Manninagh.


Manninagh

Manninagh m (genitive singular Manninagh, plural Manninee)

Manninagh (genitive singular)
Manninee (plural)
Manninagh
Vanninagh

She Manninagh mish.


kione

kione m (genitive singular king, plural king)

king (genitive singular)
king (plural)
kione
chione
gione

From Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.


logh

Moghey da’n logh, anmagh da’n awin.

T’eh geeastagh y logh.

Ta caslys ny sleityn ’sy logh.

Ta’n awin roie stiagh ’sy logh.

Ta’n raad goll mygeayrt yn logh.


jeeragh

From Old Irish díriuch. By surface analysis, jeer + -agh. Cognate with Irish díreach.

Hie eh dy jeeragh lesh y voayrd.

Jimmee eh jeeragh roish.

Roie eh jeeragh stiagh ayns eddin y voalley.

straight, straightforward, rigid, lineal

sincere, faithful, candid, honest, frank, direct

Dy jeeragh!

Quoid dy jeeragh t'ayn?


peccah

peccah m (genitive singular peccah, plural peccaghyn)

peccah (genitive singular)
peccaghyn (plural)
peccah
pheccah
beccah


geinnagh

geinnee (genitive singular)
geinnagh
gheinnagh
ngeinnagh


glioon

glioon f (genitive singular gliooney, plural glioonyn)

gliooney (genitive singular)
glioonyn (plural)
glioon
ghlioon
nglioon

From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Irish glúin.


saggyrt

saggyrt m (genitive singular saggyrtagh, plural saggyrtyn)

saggyrtagh (genitive singular)
saggyrtyn (plural)
saggyrt
haggyrt
after "yn"
taggyrt

From Old Irish sacart, from Latin sacerdos.


dreeym

dreeym m (genitive singular drommey, plural dreeymyn)

drommey (genitive singular)
dreeymyn (plural)
dreeym
ghreeym
nreeym


duillag

duillag f (genitive singular duillag, plural duillagyn)

duillag (genitive singular)
duillagyn (plural)
duillag
ghuillag
nuillag

biljyn lhommit gyn duillag

Ta ny duillagyn daahit ec yn rio.

Ta'n buigh çheet er ny duillagyn.

duillag chorrym phrowallagh


faarkey

faarkey m (genitive singular faarkee, plural faarkaghyn)

faarkee (genitive singular)
faarkaghyn (plural)
faarkey
aarkey
vaarkey

From Old Irish fairrge. Cognate with Irish farraige.

Huitt faarkey mooar orrin.

Ta faarkey mooar ayn.


feill

feill f (genitive singular foalley, no plural)

foalley (genitive singular)
feill
eill
veill

From Old Irish féoil (compare Irish feoil, Scottish Gaelic feòil).


cassan

cassan m (genitive singular ?, plural cassanyn)

From Middle Irish casán. By surface analysis, cass + -an.


balley

balley m (genitive singular baljey, plural baljyn)

baljey (genitive singular)
baljyn (plural)
balley
valley
malley


berçhagh

Cha nel mee ny s'berçhee na eshyn er chor erbee.

Er leshyn dy re berçhagh eh.

Ta ynsagh coamrey stoamey yn dooinney berçhagh.

Learning is the fine clothing of the rich man.

Te ny share dy ve cooinit ayns padjer dooinney mie na dy ve, cooinit ayns çhymney dooinney berçhagh.

Better to be remembered in the prayer of a good man than in the will of a rich man.


berçhagh

berçhagh m (genitive singular berçhee, plural berçhee)

berçhee (genitive singular)
berçhee (plural)
berçhagh
verçhagh
merçhagh

Ta ny berçhee cummal ayns shoh.

V'ad gra dy vel eh ny verçhagh.


keeill

keeill f (genitive singular killey or keeilley or killagh, plural kialteenyn)

killey (genitive singular)
keeilley (genitive singular)
killagh (genitive singular)
kialteenyn (plural)
keeill
cheeill
geeill


eeym

eeym f (genitive singular eeymey or eeymmey, plural eeymyn)

eeymey (genitive singular)
eeymmey (genitive singular)
eeymyn (plural)

From Old Irish imb (compare Irish im, Scottish Gaelic ìm), from Proto-Celtic *amban (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)).

Cha nel eeym ayn.

Sheeyn hym yn eeym.

T’eh ny s’buiggey na eeym.

Tayrn dy keyl er yn eeym.


cloan

cloan f (genitive singular clienney, no plural)

clienney (genitive singular)
cloan
chloan
gloan

From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

Çhymnee eh da cloan ny clienney eu.

Pass it down to your children's children.

Ta saynt shiaght saggyrt ayns dooinney gyn cloan.

A man without children has the lust of seven parsons.

T'ee er ruggaghtyn ymmodee cloan.

T'ee brey clienney.

T'ee moir ny clienney.


geurey

geurey m (genitive singular geuree, plural geuraghyn)

geuree (genitive singular)
geuraghyn (plural)
geurey
gheurey
ngeurey

From Middle Irish gemred, from Old Irish gaimred, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Taarneeyn geuree, yindyssyn souree.


sourey

sourey m (genitive singular souree, plural souraghyn)

souree (genitive singular)
souraghyn (plural)
sourey
hourey
after "yn"
tourey

From Old Irish samrad, from a compound of Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն (amaṙn)). Cognate with Irish samhradh and Scottish Gaelic samhradh.

Va'n sourey feer çheh.


carrey

carrey m (genitive singular carrey, plural caarjyn)

carrey (genitive singular)
caarjyn (plural)
carrey
charrey
garrey

From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Irish cara, Scottish Gaelic caraid), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

She carrey dooin eh.


bannish

bannish f (genitive singular banshey, plural banshyn)

banshey (genitive singular)
banshyn (plural)
bannish
vannish
mannish


thie

thie m (genitive singular thie, plural thieyn)

thie (genitive singular)
thieyn (plural)

From Middle Irish taige (compare Scottish Gaelic taigh), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

inh

Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.

Breb y kayt shen magh ass y thie.

Cre ta ny towshanyn jeh'n thie?

Ta'n thie ain er un linney rish yn nah hie.

Our house ranges with the next building.

Ta ny thieyn d'yn droggal.

Vel monney thieyn eu?


baase

head

baase m (genitive singular baaish, plural baaseyn)

baaish (genitive singular)
baaseyn (plural)
baase
vaase
maase

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).

Nagh dooar eh baase?

Didn't he die? (literally, Didn't he get death?)


guilley

guilley m (genitive singular [please provide], plural guillyn)

guillyn (plural)
guilley
ghuilley
nguilley

Guilley veen!

She guilley aghtal eh.

Va guilley er my veealloo.

Va'n guilley çhing ass myghin.

Cha row eh agh ny guilley oc.

Ren eh guilley jeem.

(young male) servant, caddie, page, usher


keyl

From Middle Irish cáel, from Old Irish coíl, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”) (compare Welsh and Cornish cul).


trome

trome (plural tromey, comparative trimmey)

tromey (plural)
trimmey (comparative)
trome
hrome
drome

From Old Irish trom, from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).


kiark

kiark f (genitive singular kirkey, plural kiarkyn)

kirkey (genitive singular)
kiarkyn (plural)
kiark
chiark
giark


eean

eean m (genitive singular eean, plural ein)

From Old Irish én (“bird”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos.

Ta'n eean myr e ghooie my vees clooie er e chione.

The chicken is like his kind if there is down on his head.

Ta'n eean scolbey yn bleayst.

Quoi'n eean beg shen?


skian

skian f (genitive singular skian, plural skianyn)

skian (genitive singular)
skianyn (plural)

From Middle Irish scíathán, from Old Irish scíath, from Proto-Celtic *skeitos.

Ta'n eean bwoalley ny skianyn echey.


bainney

bainnagh (genitive singular)
bainney
vainney
mainney


moddey

moddey m (genitive singular moddee, plural moddee)

moddee (genitive singular)
moddee (plural)
moddey
voddey

From Old Irish madrad, Middle Irish matad (“dog, cur”). Cognate with Irish madadh.

Cha nel moddey ec Jamys.

Lhig eh feddan er y voddey.


bolg

bolg m (genitive singular bolgey, plural builg)

bolgey (genitive singular)
builg (plural)
bolg
volg
molg

From Old Irish bolg, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos.


dhone

From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“brown”).

Ta'n cabbyl mooar dhone doolaney.


blein

blein f (genitive singular bleeaney, plural bleeantyn)

bleeaney (genitive singular)
bleeantyn (plural)
blein
vlein
mlein

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”).

Cha vel mee er n'akin eh rish bleeantyn liauyrey.

Niartee y graih oc car ny bleeantyn.

Ta ny bleeantyn tayrn er gerrey.


lurgey

lurgey f (genitive singular lurgagh, plural lurgaghyn)

lurgagh (genitive singular)
lurgaghyn (plural)

From Old Irish lurga (“shin”). Cognate with Irish lorga.


mwannal

mwannal m (genitive singular mwannalagh)

mwannalagh (genitive singular)
mwannal
wannal

From Old Irish muinél (“neck”) (compare Irish muineál, Scottish Gaelic muineal).


sollan

sollan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos (compare Welsh halen), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls, whence also English salt, Latin sāl.


toshiaght

toshee (genitive singular)
toshiaght
hoshiaght
doshiaght


padjer

padjer f (genitive singular padjerey or padjeragh, plural padjeryn)

padjerey (genitive singular)
padjeragh (genitive singular)
padjeryn (plural)
padjer
phadjer
badjer

From Old Irish paiter, from pater (“father”), the first word of the Lord's Prayer in Latin Pater noster).


tead

tead m (genitive singular tead, plural teaddyn)

tead (genitive singular)
teaddyn (plural)
tead
head
dead

From Old Irish tét (“cord, rope, string”).


eddin

eddin f (genitive singular eddin, plural eddinyn)

eddin (genitive singular)
eddinyn (plural)

From Old Irish étan (“brow, forehead”). Cognate with Irish éadan.

Dy vaikagh oo yn eddin echey!

Hoilshee yn eddin echey.

Hug eh e ghaa vass er yn eddin echey.

Hug mee boggey 'syn eddin echey.

Hyndaa eh e eddin voym.

Eddin y thie.

Er yn eddin va dagh ooilley nhee dy mie.


glion

glion f (genitive singular glionney, plural glionteeyn or glionteenyn)

glionney (genitive singular)
glionteeyn (plural)
glionteenyn (plural)
glion
ghlion
nglion

From Old Irish glenn. Cognate with Irish gleann.


leoie

leoie f (genitive singular leoh or leoirey, no plural)

leoh (genitive singular)
leoirey (genitive singular)

From Old Irish lúaith (“ashes, dust”). Cognate with Irish luaith.


ardnieu

ardnieu m (genitive singular ardnieu, plural ardnieuyn or ardnieughyn)

ardnieu (genitive singular)
ardnieuyn (plural)
ardnieughyn (plural)


nieu

nieu f (genitive singular nieu, plural nieughyn)

nieu (genitive singular)
nieughyn (plural)

From Old Irish neim. Cognate with Irish nimh.


famman

famman m (genitive singular famman, plural fammanyn)

famman (genitive singular)
fammanyn (plural)
famman
amman
vamman

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic feaman (“tail, stump, rump”).

cog

Ayns Mannin ynrican ta kiyt gyn famman ry gheddyn.

Va'n famman 'sy ghoal echey.

Famman y yannoo çheu mooie jeh'n thie jalloo.

jerrey y famman


stubbin

head

stubbin m (genitive singular stubbin, plural stubbinyn)

stubbin (genitive singular)
stubbinyn (plural)


airh

airh f (genitive singular airhey, no plural)

Ta'n airh ny strimmey na'n argid.


fedjag

fedjagagh (genitive singular)
fedjag
edjag
vedjag

From Old Irish eteóc, from ette + -óc (compare Irish eiteog (“wing”), Scottish Gaelic iteag).


fliaghey

From Old Irish flechud (“rain”), from fliuch (“wet”), from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos. By surface analysis, fliugh + -ey. Cognate with Irish fliuchadh.

Va ram fliaghey jeant riyr.


fliaghey

fliaghey m (genitive singular fliaghee, plural fliaghaghyn)

fliaghee (genitive singular)
fliaghaghyn (plural)
fliaghey
liaghey
vliaghey

Hug y fliaghey yn awin harrish y broogh eck.

Ta'n fliaghey er n'eayraghey yn aer.

Tar stiagh veih'n fliaghey.


folt

folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt)

fuilt (genitive singular)
fuilt (plural)
folt
olt
volt

Ta’n folt echey ny hassoo er.

Ta’n folt echey tuittym magh.

Ta’n folt eck cass-lhoobagh.

Ta’n folt eck sheeley sheese y dreeym eck.

Va’n folt echey baarit dy lhome.

Va’n folt echey tuittym neose harrish e gheayltyn.


fraue

fraue f (genitive singular fraue, plural fraueyn)

fraue (genitive singular)
fraueyn (plural)
fraue
raue
vraue

T’eh er n’ghoaill fraue.


keayn

keayn m (genitive singular keayin, plural keaynyn)

keayin (genitive singular)
keaynyn (plural)
keayn
cheayn
geayn

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbour”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p-.


keeagh

head

keeagh f (genitive singular kee, plural keeaghyn)

kee (genitive singular)
keeaghyn (plural)
keeagh
cheeagh
geeagh

From Old Irish cích. Cognate with Irish cíoch.


maidjey

maidjey m (genitive singular maidjagh, plural maidjyn)

maidjagh (genitive singular)
maidjyn (plural)
maidjey
vaidjey


meeyl

meeyl f (genitive singular meeyl, plural meeylyn)

meeyl (genitive singular)
meeylyn (plural)
meeyl
veeyl

From Old Irish míl (“animal, louse”), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l-.


ainle

From Old Irish aingel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

der

Ainle yn Dorraghys

Ainle yn Recortys


dorraghys

Derrey nish ta shin er ve 'sy dorraghys. Until now we have been in darkness.


fockle

head

fockle m (genitive singular fockle, plural focklyn)

fockle (genitive singular)
focklyn (plural)
fockle
ockle
vockle

From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-. Cognate with Irish focal and Scottish Gaelic facal.

Croo focklyn noa-emshyragh da’n Ghaelg.

Cur kiaull rish ny focklyn.

Ta ny focklyn Gaelgagh ny s’earrooagh.
The Gaelic words predominate.


fockleyr

fockleyr m (genitive singular fockleyr, plural fockleyryn)

fockleyr (genitive singular)
fockleyryn (plural)
fockleyr
ockleyr
vockleyr

From fockle + -eyr, calque of Irish foclóir.


graih

graih m or f (genitive singular graih, plural graihyn)

graih (genitive singular)
graihyn (plural)
graih
ghraih
ngraih

From Old Irish grád. Cognate with Irish grá.


skeeal

skeeal m (genitive singular skeeal, plural skeealyn)

skeeal (genitive singular)
skeealyn (plural)

From Old Irish scél (compare Scottish Gaelic sgeul, Irish scéal), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom (compare Welsh chwedl, a loanword from Proto-Goidelic), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Hie yn skeeal magh.

Insh yn skeeal da.


shuyr

shuyr f (genitive singular shayrey, plural shuyraghyn)

shayrey (genitive singular)
shuyraghyn (plural)
shuyr
huyr
after "yn"
çhuyr

From Old Irish siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


daah

daah m (genitive singular daah, plural daaghyn or daahghyn)

daah (genitive singular)
daaghyn (plural)
daahghyn (plural)

Cre'n daah dy chabbyl t'ayd?


daah

daah (verbal noun daaghey or daahghey, past participle daait)

daaghey (noun-from-verb)
daahghey (noun-from-verb)
daait (participle past)


daah

daah (past ghaah, verbal noun daahjey, past participle daahjit or daahit)

ghaah (past)
daahjey (noun-from-verb)
daahjit (participle past)
daahit (participle past)
daah
ghaah
naah

From Middle Irish dóigid, from Old Irish dóïd, from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Cognate with Irish dóigh (“burn”) and Scottish Gaelic dòth.


bochilley

bochilley m (genitive singular bochillagh, plural bochillyn)

bochillagh (genitive singular)
bochillyn (plural)
bochilley
vochilley
mochilley

From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos (“herdsman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).


gimmagh

gimmagh m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

gimmagh bwoirrin, female lobster, hen lobster

gimmagh firryn, male lobster, cock lobster

gimmagh jialgagh, spiny lobster

gimmagh voirrey, crayfish


jialgagh

From Old Irish delgnach. Cognate with Irish deilgneach.


hene

ee hene

eh hene

Bee dty aght hene ayd!

Varr eh eh hene.

E vooinjer hene.


firryn

From Old Irish firend. Cognate with Irish fireann.


gorrym

From Middle Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gurmos, of uncertain (possibly non-Indo-European) origin. Cognate with Welsh gwrm (“dusky”).


çheer

çheer f (genitive singular çheerey, plural çheeraghyn)

çheerey (genitive singular)
çheeraghyn (plural)
çheer
heer
jeer

From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Çheer gyn çhengey, çheer gyn ennym.

A country without a language is a country without a name.

Cheau mee laa er y çheer.

Daag ad y çheer oc.

Hie eh ass y çheer.

Jimmee eh trooid yn çheer.

S'foddey yn çheer shen.

Shimmey yn tonn eddyr y lhong as y çheer.

Many is the wave between the ship and the shore.

T'ee çheu hoal ny çheerey.

She is on the other side of the country.

T'eh cummal ayns mean ny çheerey.

T'eh foast ayns çheer ny bioee.

Ta'n awin yn slyst eddyr yn daa heer.


mooinjer

mooinjer f (genitive singular mooinjerey, no plural)

mooinjerey (genitive singular)
mooinjer
vooinjer

From Old Irish muinter. Cognate with Irish muintir.

T'eh fer jeh mooinjer Whilliam.


tarroo

tarroo m (genitive singular tarroo, plural terriu)

tarroo (genitive singular)
terriu (plural)
tarroo
harroo
darroo

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).


gloyr

gloyr m (genitive singular gloyrey, plural gloyryn or gloyraghyn)

gloyrey (genitive singular)
gloyryn (plural)
gloyraghyn (plural)

From Old Irish glóir, from Latin glōria.