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shey

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish , Scottish Gaelic sia.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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shey

  1. six

Mutation

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Mutation of shey
radical lenition eclipsis
shey hey
after "yn", çhey
unchanged

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. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 70