maggle

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish magarla,[1] magairle, an alteration of Old Irish macrall, macraille f (“testicle”).[2] Cognate with Irish magairle and Scottish Gaelic magairle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡəl/

Noun

maggle m (plural magglyn)

  1. testicle

Mutation

Mutation of maggle
radical lenition eclipsis
maggle vaggle unchanged

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), “magarla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “macrall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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