molteyr
Manx edit
Etymology edit
moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) + -teyr
Noun edit
molteyr m (genitive singular molteyr, plural molteyryn)
Derived terms edit
- molteyragh (“fallacious, insidious, fraudulent, deceptive; captivating”)
- molteyraght (“deceit, deceitfulness; captivation”)
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
molteyr | volteyr | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |