-teyr

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish -tóir, from Latin -tor.

Suffix

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-teyr m

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something.
    moll (fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick) + ‎-teyr → ‎molteyr (deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor)
    shiauill (sail, navigate) + ‎-teyr → ‎shiaulteyr (sailor, seaman)

Derived terms

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