thalhear

Manx

Alternative forms

  • thalleyr

Etymology

From Middle Irish táilliúr (compare Scottish Gaelic tàillear, Irish táilliúir), from Anglo-Norman tailour (compare English tailor), from taillier (“to cut; to shape”), from Late Latin taliō.

Noun

thalhear m (genitive singular thalhearagh, plural thalhearyn)

  1. tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)

Derived terms

  • ben-thalhear m (“tailoress”)
  • guiy thalhearagh m (“tailor's-goose”)
  • jalloo thalhearagh m (“tailor's-dummy”)
  • thalhearagh (“tailored”, adjective)
  • thalhearagh m, thalhearys m (“tailoring”)

Mutation

Mutation of thalhear
radical lenition eclipsis
thalhear halhear dhalhear

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

References

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