ymmyd
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Irish adhmad and Scottish Gaelic adhmad. Doublet of aamaid.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ymmyd m (genitive singular ymmyd, plural ymmydyn)
- use, application, purpose
- Jean ymmyd jeh ushtey feayr!
- Make use of cold water!
- T'ad ooilley dyn ymmyd.
- They are all useless.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “admat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, , page 177
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- Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx doublets
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- Manx lemmas
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