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jough

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English

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Etymology

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From Manx jough (literally drink, potion).

Noun

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jough (uncountable)

  1. A traditional herbal beer from the Isle of Man.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish deug, cognate with Irish deoch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jough f (genitive singular jough, plural joughyn or joughinyn)

  1. drink
    Cur jough da.
    Give him a drink.
  2. potion

Mutation

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Mutation of jough
radical lenition eclipsis
jough yough n'yough

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