faiyr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’. Cognate with Irish féar and Scottish Gaelic feur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːr/

Noun

faiyr m

1. grass

   Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.

   You have grass to cut.

   Ta'n faiyr glassraghey.

   The grass is growing green.

   Vuinn mee y faiyr.

   I cut the grass.

   Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.

   The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.

Mutation

Mutation of faiyr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faiyr	aiyr	vaiyr

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