Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish caill. Cognate with Irish coill.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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keyll f (genitive singular keylley, plural keylljyn)

  1. forest, wood
    Dy gholl gys ny keylljyn.To take to the woods.
    Hie mee trooid keyll.I made my way through a wood.
    Ta mee goll raad ny keylley.I go by way of the wood.
  2. grove, plantation
    Ta’n cheyll gharree shen lhiams.I own that oak grove.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
keyll cheyll geyll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.