jinnair

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dínér, dínnér, from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, from Late Latin disieiūnō (I break the fast), from, dis- + iēiūnō (I fast), from Latin ieiūnus (fasting, abstinent, hungry, adj).

Noun

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jinnair m (genitive singular jinnairagh, plural jinnairyn)

  1. dinner (main meal, especially in the evening)

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
jinnair yinnair n'yinnair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.