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From Old Irish bocht (“poor; a pauper”).
boght (comparative s’boghtey)
- poor
- shabby, grotty, miserable, shoddy
- skinny, deprived
boght m (genitive singular boght, plural boghtyn)
- pauper
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.