Yernagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish Érennach (“Irish”), from Ériu (“Ireland”) + -ach.

Adjective

Yernagh

1. Irish

   Ta blass Yernagh echey. ― He speaks with an Irish accent.

Derived terms

• Anglo-Yernagh (“Anglo-Irish”)
• anvroie Yernagh (“Irish stew”)
• Yernaghys (“Hibernicism”)

 

Noun

Yernagh m (genitive singular Yernagh, plural Yernee)

1. Irishman, Irishwoman

Related terms

• Nerin (“Ireland”)
• Yernish (“the Irish language”)
• Yernisheyr (“Irish-speaker”)

 

References

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