teigh

Manx

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish túag (“axe”),[1] compare Irish tua and Scottish Gaelic tuagh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təːi/

Noun

teigh m (genitive singular teigh, plural teighyn)

  1. axe
    Cur dou nish y teigh my sailliu
    Could you give me the axe now please?

Mutation

Mutation of teigh
radical lenition eclipsis
teigh heigh deigh

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), “túag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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