ymmyrk

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish imm·archuirethar (“carries, carries about, bears; wears; sends a message”).

Verb

ymmyrk (verbal noun ymmyrkey, past participle ymmyrkit)

1. carry, bear, convey
2. bear, give birth
3. behave
4. endure
5. support, sustain, yield, supply

Synonyms

• (give birth): behr, rug

Derived terms

• ymmyrk çhiarnys (“boss”)
• ymmyrk eayn (“yean”)
• ymmyrk er ash (“carry back”)
• ymmyrk er sleayd (“sledge”)
• ymmyrk ersooyl (“carry away, carry off, bear off”)
• ymmyrk feanish (“depose, attest, testify”)
• ymmyrk lesh (“carry along”)
• ymmyrk magh (“bear out, carry out”)
• ymmyrk mess (“fruit”)
• ymmyrk neose (“carry down”)
• ymmyrk roish y traa (“miscarry”)
• ymmyrk seose (“carry up”)
• ymmyrk stiagh (“import”)
• ymmyrkagh (“bearer, carrier, porter, conveyor, transporter, vehicle, haulier, haulage contractor; sustaining, portable”)
• ymmyrkaght (“portability”)
• ymmyrkane cughlinagh (“cone-bearing”)
• ymmyrkane rolley (“roller bearing”)
• ymmyrkane (“bearing”)
• ymmyrkee (“conductive”)
• ymmyrkit er y cheayn (“sea-borne”)
• ymmyrkit er yn ushtey (“water-borne”)
• ymmyrkys (“behaviourism”)

 

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imm·archuirethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language