faiyr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’. Cognate with Irish féar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːə/

Noun

faiyr m

1. grass

   Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.

   You have grass to cut.

   Ta'n faiyr glassraghey.

   The grass is growing green.

   Vuinn mee y faiyr.

   I cut the grass.

   Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.

   The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faiyr	aiyr	vaiyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.