cabbyl
Appearance
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish capall. Cognate with Irish capall and Scottish Gaelic capall.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cabbyl m (genitive singular cabbil, plural cabbil)
- 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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, pages 36, 51, 151, 152, 186