keayn

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbour”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiᵈn]

Noun

keayn m (genitive singular keayin, plural keaynyn)

1. sea

Synonyms

• faarkey
• Juan Gorrym
• mooir

Derived terms

• Yn Keayn Sheealtagh (“the Pacific Ocean”)
• Yn Keayn Sheear (“the Atlantic Ocean”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
keayn	cheayn	geayn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.