griagh

Manx

Alternative forms

  • griaght

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish graig (“horses (collective)”)[1] + -agh, cognate with Irish graí and Scottish Gaelic greigh.

Pronunciation

Noun

griagh m (genitive singular griagh, no plural)

  1. (of animals) herd, drove
    • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Noo Mian 8:30:
      As tammylt voue va beiyhaghey griagh mooar dy vuckyn.
      And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

Mutation

Mutation of griagh
radical lenition eclipsis
griagh ghriagh ngriagh

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), “graig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming), Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 105
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