molteyr

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Manx

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Etymology

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moll (fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick) +‎ -teyr

Noun

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molteyr m (genitive singular molteyr, plural molteyryn)

  1. deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor

Derived terms

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  • molteyragh (fallacious, insidious, fraudulent, deceptive; captivating)
  • molteyraght (deceit, deceitfulness; captivation)

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
molteyr volteyr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.