Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (human, person), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (earthling, human), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (earth).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dooinney m (genitive singular dooinney, plural deiney)

  1. human, person
  2. man, fellow
  3. husband

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dooinney ghooinney nooinney
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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