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-teyr
-teyr
See also: teyr
Manx
Suffix
-teyr m (plural -teyryn)
- Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something.
- moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) → molteyr (“deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor”)
- shiauill (“sail, navigate”) → shiaulteyr (“sailor, seaman”)
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Manx_words_suffixed_with_-teyr'>Manx words suffixed with -teyr</a>