faaie

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).

Pronunciation

Noun

faaie f (genitive singular faaie, plural faaieaghyn)

  1. a green, flat grass plot, paddock

Derived terms

  • faaie vargee (“fairground”)

Mutation

Mutation of faaie
radical lenition eclipsis
faaie aaie vaaie

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 70
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