mooinjer

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter. Cognate with Irish muintir.

Noun

mooinjer f (genitive singular mooinjerey, no plural)

1. people
2. family

   T'eh fer jeh mooinjer Whilliam. ― He is one of the Quilliams.

3. kin
4. tribe
5. relations
6. inhabitants
7. entourage

Derived terms

• caarjyn as mooinjer
• mooinjer folley
• mooinjer ny çheerey
• mooinjer ny Gaelgey
• mooinjer thielagh
• mooinjer veggey
• mooinjer yn valley
• mooinjerys

 

Mutation

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