poanrey

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir. Compare Irish pónaire, Scottish Gaelic pònair.

Noun

poanrey m (genitive singular poanrey, plural poanraghyn)

1. bean

Derived terms

• gass poanrey (“bean-stalk”)
• meeyl phoanrey (“bean-plant-louse”)
• meinn phoanrey (“bean-meal”)

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poanrey	phoanrey	boanrey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pónair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language