moghrey
Appearance
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish mochrád, a corruption of mochtráth (“early hour”) (compare Scottish Gaelic mochthrath), from moch (“early”) + tráth (“hour, period, time”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moghrey m (genitive singular moghree, plural moghreeyn)
- morning
- Cha nel mee aym pene moghrey jiu. ― I am not feeling quite the thing this morning.
- Moghrey mie! / Moghrey dhyt! ― Good morning!
- Ta mee goll ny quail dagh moghrey as t'ee çheet my whail. ― I meet her every morning and she meets me.
- Va mee loayrt rish er y çhellvane moghrey jiu. ― I was on to him on the phone this morning.
- Va'n moghrey kiune as aalin. ― The morning was calm and fair.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
moghrey | voghrey | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language