eaghtyrane

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish úachtarán. By surface analysis, eaghtyr +‎ -ane. Cognate to Irish uachtarán and Scottish Gaelic uachdaran.

Noun

eaghtyrane m (genitive singular eaghtyrane, plural eaghtyraneyn)

1. president

   Cha row ayn agh ennym eaghtyrane.

   The president was only a figurehead.

   V'eh er ny ghoaill rish myr Eaghtyrane.

   He was acknowledged as President.

Derived terms

• eaghtyraneys
• lhiass-eaghtyrane

 

Further reading

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