Jemayrt

Manx

Alternative forms

  • Jymayrt

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish día máirt,[1] from Late Latin diēs Mārtis. Cognate with Irish Dé Máirt and Scottish Gaelic Dimàirt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒeˈmaːrt/, [dʒeˈmaːrt], [dʒeˈməːrt][2]

Adverb

Jemayrt

  1. on Tuesday
    Veagh shin goll er gys yn phurt moghrey Jemayrt
    We would go on to the harbour on Tuesday morning.

Proper noun

Jemayrt m

  1. Tuesday

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Máirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Broderick, George (1986), “Jemayrt”, in A Handbook of Late Spoken Manx (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie), volume 2: Dictionary, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 229
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