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faiyr

faiyr

Manx

Noun

faiyr m

  1. 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

Manx mutation
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

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 409

Etymology

From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom ‎(“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- ‎(“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːə/

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