feayr

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúar, from Old Irish úar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ougros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ-. Cognate with Irish fuar and Scottish Gaelic fuar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuər/, /fɨər/[2]

Adjective

feayr (plural feayrey, superlative s'feayrey)

  1. cold

Mutation

Mutation of feayr
radical lenition eclipsis
feayr eayr veayr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 175
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