See also: Moir and móir

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moir f (genitive singular mayrey, plural moiraghyn)

  1. mother
    Coordinate term: ayr
    S’blah ennal ny mayrey.Warm as the mother’s breath.

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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

Old Irish edit

Adjective edit

moir

  1. Alternative spelling of móir