foaddey

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish fataigid, from Old Irish ad·daí.[1] Compare Irish fadú, Scottish Gaelic fadadh and Classical Gaelic fadódh or fadughadh.

Pronunciation

Noun

foaddey m (genitive singular foaddey, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of foad
  2. ignition, burning
  3. incendiarism, arson

Mutation

Mutation of foaddey
radical lenition eclipsis
foaddey oaddey voaddey

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad-daí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 102
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