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fouyr

fouyr

Manx

Noun

fouyr m ‎(genitive singular fouyir)

  1. harvest
    fouyr arroo‎ ― corn harvest
    fouyr ny hoarn‎ ― barley harvest
    fouyr ny marrey‎ ― harvest of the sea
    fouyr trome‎ ― bounteous harvest
  2. autumn
    Ta'n Ouyr cur daah buigh er ny duillagyn.‎ ― Autumn turns the leaves yellow.

Derived terms

  • fouyr feeyney ‎(“vintage”) (of wine)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fouyr ouyr vouyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “fogamar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogamur ‎(“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamur, fogomur ‎(“last month of harvest”), from Proto-Celtic *wo-gamur ‎(“under winter”), from *gamur ‎(“winter”). Akin to geurey ‎(“winter”). Compare Scottish Gaelic foghar, Irish fómhar.

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