fouyr
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamur, fogomur (“last month of harvest”), from Proto-Celtic *wo-gamur (“under winter”), from *gamur (“winter”). Akin to geurey (“winter”). Compare Scottish Gaelic foghar, Irish fómhar.
NounEdit
fouyr m (genitive singular fouyir)
Derived termsEdit
- fouyr feeyney (“vintage”) (of wine)
MutationEdit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fouyr | ouyr | vouyr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language