caarjys

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cairdes (“friendship, alliance, pact”). By surface analysis, caarjyn (“friends”) +‎ -ys.

Noun

caarjys m (genitive singular caarjys, no plural)

1. friendship

   Haink caarjys eddyr oc. ― They got to be friends.

   Ren eh ass caarjys eh. ― He did it through friendship.

2. alliance

   Ren ad caarjys rish ny Frangee. ― They allied themselves with the French.

Derived terms

• caarjys ny laue
• neuchaarjys

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caarjys	chaarjys	gaarjys
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.