ceau

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ceau (verbal noun ceau, past participle ceaut or ceauit)

ceau (noun-from-verb)
ceaut (participle past)
ceauit (participle past)

From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (“projectile”), which is from Gaulish. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic caith.

V'ee ceau thombaacey.

T'eh ceau sniaghtey.


ceau

ceau m (genitive singular ceau, plural ceauyn or ceaughyn)

ceau (genitive singular)
ceauyn (plural)
ceaughyn (plural)
ceau
cheau
geau


cagg

cagg (verbal noun caggey, past participle caggit)

caggey (noun-from-verb)
caggit (participle past)

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


lhie

lhie (verbal noun lhie, past participle laiyt)

lhie (past lhie, verbal noun lhie, past participle laiyt)

lhie lhie (canonical)
lhie (noun-from-verb)
laiyt (participle past)
lhie (past)

From Old Irish laigid, from Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) and Old Church Slavonic лещи (lešti). Compare Scottish Gaelic laigh and Irish luigh.

T'eh lhie rish resoon


Brasseel

Yn Vrasseel (canonical feminine)
Brasseel
Vrasseel
Mrasseel


Veneswaaley

Yn Veneswaaley (canonical feminine)
Veneswaaley


hannah

From Old Irish cene; cognate with Welsh gynneu.


cadjin

From Old Irish coitchenn (whence also Irish coiteann and Scottish Gaelic coitcheann), from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.


lhiass-screeudeyr

lhiass-screeudeyr m (genitive singular lhiass-screeudeyr, plural lhiass-screeudeyryn)

lhiass-screeudeyr (genitive singular)
lhiass-screeudeyryn (plural)


shirgey

shirgey m (genitive singular shirgey, no plural)

shirgey (genitive singular)
shirgey
hirgey
after "yn"
çhirgey

From Old Irish sergad (“lessening, abating, diminishing; act of wasting away, withering”), verbal noun of sergaid (Manx shirg, Scottish Gaelic searg). Compare Scottish Gaelic seargadh.


shirgane

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shirgane m (genitive singular shirgane, plural shirganeyn)

shirgane (genitive singular)
shirganeyn (plural)
shirgane
hirgane
after "yn"
çhirgane

From shirgey (“mummification”) or shirg (“mummify”, verb) + -ane. Compare Irish seargán.


shirg

From Old Irish sergaid, seircid (“becomes obsolete; shrinks, diminishes, contracts, wastes away; withers away; ebbs away; causes to diminish, lessen or shrivel up”, verb), from serg. Compare Scottish Gaelic searg.


keirdaght

keirdaght f (genitive singular keirdaght, no plural)

keirdaght (genitive singular)
keirdaght
cheirdaght
geirdaght

From keird (“craft, trade”) + -aght, from Old Irish cerd (“craft, craftsman”), from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”).


un-eairkan marrey

un-eairkan marrey m (genitive singular un-eairkan marrey, plural un-eairkanyn marrey)

un-eairkan marrey (genitive singular)
un-eairkanyn marrey (plural)


un-eairkagh marrey

un-eairkagh marrey m (genitive singular un-eairkagh marrey, plural un-eairkee varrey)

un-eairkagh marrey (genitive singular)
un-eairkee varrey (plural)


assyl

assyl m (genitive singular assyl, plural assylyn)

assyl (genitive singular)
assylyn (plural)

From Old Irish asal (“ass, she-ass”), from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).


sooslagh

sooslagh m (genitive singular sooslagh, plural soosleeyn)

sooslagh (genitive singular)
soosleeyn (plural)
sooslagh
hooslagh
after "yn"
tooslagh


awree

awree m (genitive singular awree, plural awreeyn)

awree (genitive singular)
awreeyn (plural)


lheegh

lheegh f (genitive singular lheegh, plural lheeghyn)

lheegh (genitive singular)
lheeghyn (plural)

From Old Irish líag (“spoon, ladle”), akin to Welsh llwy (“spoon”), Cornish lo.


soosleeyn

soosleeyn
hoosleeyn
after "yn"
toosleeyn


stoandey

stoandey m (genitive singular stoandee, plural stoandaghyn)

stoandee (genitive singular)
stoandaghyn (plural)


stoandey ushtey

stoandey ushtey m (genitive singular stoandee ushtey, plural stoandaghyn ushtey)

stoandee ushtey (genitive singular)
stoandaghyn ushtey (plural)


arragh

arragh m (genitive singular arree, plural arreeyn)

arree (genitive singular)
arreeyn (plural)

From Old Irish errach, from Proto-Celtic *wesrakos, enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin vēr, Lithuanian vãsara (“summer”), Polish wiosna, Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta, “summer”), वसर् (vasar, “in the morning”)). Cognate with Irish earrach and Scottish Gaelic earrach.


meeyl mooar

meeyl mooar f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


çhymnaghey

çhymnaghey m (genitive singular çhymnee, no plural)

çhymnee (genitive singular)
çhymnaghey
hymnaghey
jymnaghey

From çhymney (“will, testament”) + -aghey. Cognate with Irish tiomnú.


çhymnee

çhymnee (verbal noun çhymnaghey, past participle çhymnit)

çhymnaghey (noun-from-verb)
çhymnit (participle past)
çhymnee
hymnee
jymnee

From çhymney (“will, testament”) + -ee. Cognate with Irish tiomnaigh.

Çhymnee eh da cloan ny clienney eu.

Pass it down to your children's children.

Hymnee eh e argid er e 'neen.

Hymnee eh y lioar da'n ven echey.


tuitt

tuitt (past huitt, future independent tuittee, verbal noun tuittym, past participle tuittit)

huitt (past)
tuittee (future independent)
tuittym (noun-from-verb)
tuittit (participle past)

tuitt er

fall on; fall to lot of; decline, drift, towards; descend on; occur on

tuitt magh

fall out; quarrel; disagree; befall, happen; become estranged

Ta'n baatey tuittym er y traie.

Ta'n raad tuittym dy geyre.

Ta'n thalloo tuittym ayns shoh.

Haghyr tuittym 'sy leagh margee.


smoo

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

compound

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


s'loo

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

Yn persoon s'loo ynsit.

superlative degree of beg (“small, few”)


treih

From Middle Irish trúag, from Old Irish tróg, from *trougos (“sorry, sad”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic truagh, Irish trua, and Welsh tru (“wretched, miserable”).

Ta mee trimshagh treih.

S'treih lhiam!

Voirrey s'treih!

Woe (is me)! (literally, “Dear Mary, it's woeful.”)

apologetic, rueful, sorry, woeful (especially with the particle s' in the copula form)


slaanee

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slaanee (past slaanee, future independent slaanee, verbal noun slaanaghey, past participle slaanit)

slaanee (past)
slaanee (future independent)
slaanaghey (noun-from-verb)
slaanit (participle past)

Inherited from Old Irish slánaigidir (“makes whole, heals; saves”), equivalent to slane + -ee.


garey

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garey m (genitive singular garagh, plural garaghyn)

garagh (genitive singular)
garaghyn (plural)
garey
gharey
ngarey

Ultimately from Old Norse garðr (“enclosed space, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”), from *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). Cognate with Irish garraí (“garden; yard, enclosure”) and English yard.


hoal

Coraa veih'n traie hoal.

Voice from beyond the grave. (literally, “Voice from the seashore beyond.”)

Red beg çheu hoal jeh'n droghad.

over there, beyond, hence, yonder (stationary)

Faik y caslys er y lheanagh hoal.


druaight

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

From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”), from Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (“tree-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Irish draoi, Scottish Gaelic draoidh, Welsh dryw.


jiass

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jiass m (genitive singular jiass, no plural)

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”). Cognate with Irish deas and Scottish Gaelic deas.

inh

T'eh ceau yn geurey ayns jiass ny Frank.

Ardjyn y Jiass


jiass

Affrickagh Jiass

Kione Jiass y Theihill

Antarctica (literally, “Southern Head (or End) of the World”)


yinnin

first-person singular conditional independent of jean


neeym

From Old Irish do·gníu (1st person singular of do·gní).

1st person singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sga">do·gní</i>

first-person singular future independent of jean


jinnin

first-person singular conditional dependent of jean


jean-jee

/ˈd͡ʒɪnˌd͡ʒi/


jeanym

first-person singular future dependent of jean


blennick

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blennick f (genitive singular blennick, plural blennickyn)

blennick (genitive singular)
blennickyn (plural)
blennick
vlennick
mlennick

From Old Irish blonac. Cognate with Irish blonag.


er-yn-oyr

Alternative form of er yn oyr (“because, for”)


beisht

beisht f (genitive singular beisht, plural beishtyn)

beisht (genitive singular)
beishtyn (plural)
beisht
veisht
meisht

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


foillan

foillan f (genitive singular [please provide], plural foillanyn)

foillanyn (plural)
foillan
oillan
voillan

From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).


quoid

From Old Irish cid, from Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.


commeeys theayagh

commeeys theayagh m (genitive singular [please provide], plural commeeyssyn theayagh)

registered partnership
registered partnership

civil partnership, registered partnership


commeeys

commeeys m (genitive singular [please provide], plural commeeyssyn)

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh


commeeyssyn theayagh

commeeys theayagh
commeeys theayagh#Manx


lught thie

lught thie m (genitive singular lught thie, plural lughtyn-thie)

lught thie (genitive singular)
lughtyn-thie (plural)


keeaght

keeaght f or m (genitive singular keeaght, plural keeaghtyn)

keeaght (genitive singular)
keeaghtyn (plural)
keeaght
cheeaght
geeaght

From Old Irish cécht, from Proto-Celtic *kanxtus.


scaa

scaa m (genitive singular scaa, plural scaaghyn)

scaa (genitive singular)
scaaghyn (plural)
scaa

From Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.


tinshur

tinshur m (genitive singular tinshur, plural tinshuryn)

tinshur (genitive singular)
tinshuryn (plural)
tinshur
hinshur
dinshur

Borrowed from English tincture, from Latin tinctura, from the verb tingo.


tinsyl

tinsyl m (genitive singular tinsyl, plural tinsylyn)

tinsyl (genitive singular)
tinsylyn (plural)
tinsyl
hinsyl
dinsyl

Borrowed from English tinsel, from Middle French estincelle (“spark”) (compare French étincelle), from Latin scintilla.


rolley premmee

rolley premmee m (genitive singular rolley premmee, plural rollaghyn premmee)

rolley premmee (genitive singular)
rollaghyn premmee (plural)


bananey

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


corran-bwee

corran-bwee m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

corran (“sickle, crescent”) + bwee (“yellow”)


feeyn jiarg

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feeyn jiarg m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])


-yr

bio (“alive”) → bioyr (“lively, vivid”)

-y (added to nouns to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)


anvenkey

comparative degree of anvennick (“infrequent”)


argid ruy

argid ruy m (genitive singular argid ruy, no plural)


poanrey

poanrey m (genitive singular poanrey, plural poanraghyn)

poanrey (genitive singular)
poanraghyn (plural)
poanrey
phoanrey
boanrey

From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir. Compare Irish pónaire, Scottish Gaelic pònair.


credjaltagh

credjaltagh m (genitive singular credjaltagh, plural credjaltee)

credjaltagh (genitive singular)
credjaltee (plural)
credjaltagh
chredjaltagh
gredjaltagh


aahidoor

aahidoor m (genitive singular aahidoor, plural aahidooryn)

aahidoor (genitive singular)
aahidooryn (plural)

Alternative form of aa-hidoor (“ex-serviceman”)


ardcheeayllagh

ardcheeayllagh m (genitive singular ardcheeayllagh, plural ardcheeayllee)

ardcheeayllagh (genitive singular)
ardcheeayllee (plural)

From ardcheeayll (“genius, extraordinary mental capacity”) + -agh.

af

genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)


ardreillagh

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ardreillagh m (genitive singular ardreillagh, plural ardreillee)

ardreillagh (genitive singular)
ardreillee (plural)


ardreillaght

ardreillaght f (genitive singular ardreillaght, plural ardreillaghtyn)

ardreillaght (genitive singular)
ardreillaghtyn (plural)


co-hroailtagh

co-hroailtagh m (genitive singular co-hroailtagh, plural co-hroailtee)

co-hroailtagh (genitive singular)
co-hroailtee (plural)
co-hroailtagh
cho-hroailtagh
go-hroailtagh

Alternative form of cohroailtagh (“fellow traveller”)


cochialg

cochialg f (genitive singular cochialg, plural cochialgyn)

cochialg (genitive singular)
cochialgyn (plural)
cochialg
chochialg
gochialg


lhiabbee çhingys

lhiabbee çhingys f (genitive singular lhiabbee çhingys, plural lhiabbaghyn çhingys)

lhiabbee çhingys (genitive singular)
lhiabbaghyn çhingys (plural)


etlan

etlan m (genitive singular etlanyn, plural [please provide])


faag

faag (past daag, future independent faagee, verbal noun faagail, past participle faagit)

daag (past)
faagee (future independent)
faagail (noun-from-verb)
faagit (participle past)
faag
aag
vaag

Inherited from Middle Irish fácbaid, inherited from Old Irish fo·ácaib. Cognate with Irish fág and Scottish Gaelic fàg.


shiaull

shiaull m (genitive singular shiauill, plural shiauill)

shiauill (genitive singular)
shiauill (plural)
shiaull
hiaull
after "yn"
çhiaull

From Middle Irish séol, from Old Irish séol.


queeylyn mwyllinagh

queeylyn mwyllinagh
wheeylyn mwyllinagh
gueeylyn mwyllinagh


cragh

cragh f (genitive singular cragh, no plural)

From Middle Irish crech. Cognate to Scottish Gaelic creach and Irish creach.


craa

craa (past chraa, future independent craaee, verbal noun craa, past participle craait)

chraa (past)
craaee (future independent)
craa (noun-from-verb)
craait (participle past)

From Middle Irish crothaid, from Old Irish crothaid. Cognate to Scottish Gaelic crath.


craa

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


leih

leih (past leih, future independent leihee, verbal noun leih, past participle leiht)

leih (past)
leihee (future independent)
leih (noun-from-verb)
leiht (participle past)

From Old Irish do-luigi, cognate with Scottish Gaelic logh and Irish logh.


leih

leih m (genitive singular leih, no plural)


aigh

aigh m or f (genitive singular aigh, no plural)


sheh

sheh f (genitive singular sheh, plural shehghyn)

sheh (genitive singular)
shehghyn (plural)
sheh
heh
after "yn"
çheh

From Middle Irish seiche, from Proto-Celtic *sekess, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) (compare Icelandic sigg (“callus, hard skin”)). Compare Scottish Gaelic seiche and Irish seithe.


cuishlin

cuishlin f (genitive singular cuishlin, plural cuishleeyn or cuishlinyn)

cuishlin (genitive singular)
cuishleeyn (plural)
cuishlinyn (plural)

From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin.

As tra haink eh stiagh ayns y chabbane eek, cur-my-ner, va Sisera ny lhie marroo, as y kibbin trooid cuishlin e ching.


myleeaney

From Old Irish i mblíadnai, the preposition i (“in”) and the long dative of blíadain (“year”). Compare Irish i mbliana, Scottish Gaelic am bliadhna.


thoot

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


laccal

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


quaagh

Related to Irish coimhtheach ("foreign").

strange, curious, queer, foreign, inclement, bad.


Jeheiney Cheast

Jeheiney Cheast
Yeheiney Cheast
N'yeheiney Cheast


gaauin

Ta raa elley ayn nagh jeanym dy bragh jarrood. Ny tree reddyn s’feayrey t’ayn, “Ingan gaauin, stroin coiyn as thoyn woirrinagh.” Nod shiu cur Baarle er shen?

1953, John Comes, Noon as Noal: Skeeal Liorish Juan y Comish, Arabagh Vecca:

There’s another saying I won’t ever forget. The three coldest things there are, “A smith’s anvil, a hound’s nose and a female’s bottom.” Can you give the English for that?


kegeesh

kegeeshyn (plural)
kegeesh
chegeesh
gegeesh

From Old Irish cóicthiges, apparently a compound of cóic (“five”) and deich (“ten”); compare Welsh pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”) and Breton pemzektez (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen days”). Cognate with Irish coicís.

cog

Three kegeeshyn dy chegeeshyn slane, ta voish laa’l Thomys sy Nollick gys laa’l Breeshey Bane

Three fortnights of fortnights whole; these are from St. Thomas’ Day in Christmas to White St. Bridget’s Day. (proverb)


donney

From Old Irish dona, from Proto-Celtic *dognawos.


mennick

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mennick (comparative s’menkey, s’mennickey)

s’menkey (comparative)
s’mennickey (comparative)


glashtin

a mythological creature which rises out of the water, a goblin


çhiollagh

çhiollagh m (genitive singular çhiollee, plural çhiollee)

çhiollee (genitive singular)
çhiollee (plural)
çhiollagh
hiollagh
jiollagh

From Middle Irish tellach, from Old Irish tenlach, from the root of chenney (“fire”).


naim

naim m (genitive singular naim, plural naimyn)

naim (genitive singular)
naimyn (plural)
naim


faaie

faaie f (genitive singular faaie, plural faaieaghyn)

faaie (genitive singular)
faaieaghyn (plural)
faaie
aaie
vaaie

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).


thoin

thoin f (genitive singular thoin, plural thoinyn)

thoin (genitive singular)
thoinyn (plural)
thoin
hoin
dhoin

From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin and Irish tóin.


oirr

oirr m or f (genitive singular oirr, plural oirryn)

oirr (genitive singular)
oirryn (plural)
oirr
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boirey

boirey m (genitive singular boirey, plural boiraghyn)

boirey (genitive singular)
boiraghyn (plural)
boirey
voirey
moirey

From Old Irish búaidred m (“trouble, disturbance”), verbal noun of búaidrid (“to disturb, trouble”), from búaidre f (“confusion, disturbance”).


ayrn

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ayrn m (genitive singular ayrn, plural ayrnyn)

ayrn (genitive singular)
ayrnyn (plural)

Compare Scottish Gaelic earrann and Irish urrann.


aynsyn

third-person singular masculine emphatic of ayns


feallagh

feallagh m (genitive singular feallagh, plural feallee or fealleeyn)

feallagh (genitive singular)
feallee (plural)
fealleeyn (plural)
feallagh
eallagh
veallagh

Uncertain, possibly from Old Irish ellach or Old Irish fíanlach.

unk

Uncertain

Hug ee fys gys paart dy feallagh aegey, as ren ad ooilley soiaghey jeh.

She sent word to some of the young people, and they were all satisfied.

Cur dou ghaa ny tree feallagh lhieng


theinniu

theinniu (noun-from-verb)
theinniu
heinniu
dheinniu

Theinniu ny geay twoaie, tooilley sniaghtey.


ooig

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ooig f (genitive singular ooig, plural ooigyn)

ooig (genitive singular)
ooigyn (plural)

From Old Irish úag, cognate with Scottish Gaelic ùig.

Ghow ad y baatey stiagh ayns yn ooig


lhune

lhune m (genitive singular lhionney, no plural)

From Old Irish lind, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.


ecksh

third-person singular feminine emphatic of ec


caigney

caigney m (genitive singular caigney, no plural)

caigney (genitive singular)
caigney
chaigney
gaigney


caign

caign (past chaign, future independent caignee, verbal noun caigney, past participle caignit)

chaign (past)
caignee (future independent)
caigney (noun-from-verb)
caignit (participle past)

From Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná, from Proto-Celtic *kom-knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (“to bite, gnaw”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cagainn, Irish cogain and Welsh cnoi.


sonnaase

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sonnaase f (genitive singular sonnaase, no plural)

sonnaase (genitive singular)
sonnaase
honnaase
after "yn"
tonnaase

From Old Irish saebnós, compare Scottish Gaelic saobh-nòs and Irish saobhnós.


deyll

deyll f (genitive singular deyll, plural deyil)

deyll (genitive singular)
deyil (plural)
deyll
gheyll
neyll


traaue

traaue (past hraaue, verbal noun traaue, past participle traauit)

hraaue (past)
traaue (noun-from-verb)
traauit (participle past)
traaue
hraaue
draaue

Ta traa creenagh yn arroo, agh cha jean eh traaue ny magheryn.

Time ripens the corn, but will not plough the fields.


sheelnaue

sheelnaue m (genitive singular sheelnaue, no plural)

sheelnaue (genitive singular)
sheelnaue
heelnaue
after "yn"
çheelnaue

Classical Gaelic Síol nÁdhaimh (“Seed of Adam”).


smaragaid

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smaragaid f (genitive singular ?, plural smaragaidyn)

From Old Irish smaragad, smragda, from Latin smaragdus.


barroose

barroose ? (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

Most likely from English bus, a clipping of omnibus.


brellish

brellish f (genitive singular [please provide])

From Manx braih, inherited from Middle Irish braich.


manglym

manglym m (genitive singular manglym, plural manglyman)

manglym (genitive singular)
manglyman (plural)
manglym
vanglym

a cocktail; a mixture of alcoholic drinks.


jinlag

jinlag f (genitive singular ?, plural jinlagan)

jinlagan (plural)
jinlag
yinlag
n'yinlag