keird

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cerd, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”). Cognate with Irish ceird.

Noun

keird f (genitive singular keirdey, plural keirdyn)

1. employment, profession, business, vocation, occupation
2. pursuit, avocation
3. professional skill, trade, craft

Derived terms

• keirdagh
• keirdaght
• keird-chummyn
• keird-chummynys
• keird-heshaght
• keird-heshaghtagh
• keird-heshaghtys

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
keird	cheird	geird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.