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cabbyl

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish capall. Cognate with Irish capall and Scottish Gaelic capall.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cabbyl m (genitive singular cabbil, plural cabbil)

  1. horse
    Dy bee son Juan veagh y cabbyl 've marroo nish.Only for John the horse would be dead now.
    Hug eh punt er cabbyl.He bet a pound on a horse.
    Ren y cabbyl ratçhal roish.The horse burst into a gallop.
    Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.Better to change horses in mid ford than to drown.
    Ta'n cabbyl gymmyltey 'sy vagher.The horse is rolling in the field.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of cabbyl
radical lenition eclipsis
cabbyl chabbyl gabbyl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, pages 36, 51, 151, 152, 186