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fockle

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-. Cognate with Irish focal[1] and Scottish Gaelic facal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fockle m (genitive singular fockle, plural focklyn)

  1. word
    Croo focklyn noa-emshyragh da’n Ghaelg.
    Inventing new words for Manx.
    Cur kiaull rish ny focklyn.
    Set the words to music.
    Ta ny focklyn Gaelgagh ny s’earrooagh.
    The Gaelic words predominate.
  2. word of honour
  3. charm
  4. vocable

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of fockle
radical lenition eclipsis
fockle ockle vockle

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

References

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  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998). The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic. Maynooth: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, p. 70. →ISBN.
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