goayr
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish gabor (“goat, horse”), from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“he-goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“he-goat”).
Noun
goayr f or m (genitive singular goayrey or goair, plural goair)
Derived terms
- bock goayr (“billygoat”)
- Çhyndaa yn Ghoayr (“Tropic of Capricorn”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| goayr | ghoayr | ngoayr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gabor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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