mainshtyr

Manx

Alternative forms

• mainshter

Etymology

From Old Irish magister (“teacher; master, lord, owner”), from Latin magister.

Noun

mainshtyr m (genitive singular mainshtyr, plural mainshtyryn)

1. master, boss
2. skipper
3. ringmaster

   Synonym: mainshtyr yn phreaban

Derived terms

• aavainshter
• mainshtyr kerroo
• mainshtyr post
• mainshtyr scoill
• mainshtyragh
• mainshtyraght

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mainshtyr	vainshtyr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.