faiyr
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Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1] Cognate with Irish féar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faiyr m
- grass
- Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.
- You have grass to cut.
- Ta'n faiyr glassraghey.
- The grass is growing green.
- Vuinn mee y faiyr.
- I cut the grass.
- Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.
- The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.
Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faiyr | aiyr | vaiyr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
Categories:
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg-
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms with IPA pronunciation
- Manx lemmas
- Manx nouns
- Manx masculine nouns
- Manx terms with usage examples
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