kegeesh
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Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cóicthiges, apparently a compound of cóic (“five”) and deich (“ten”); compare Welsh pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”) and Breton pemzektez (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen days”).[1]
Noun
[edit]kegeesh f (plural kegeeshyn)
- fortnight
- Three kegeeshyn dy chegeeshyn slane, ta voish laa’l Thomys sy Nollick gys laa’l Breeshey Bane ― Three fortnights of fortnights whole; these are from St. Thomas’ Day in Christmas to White St. Bridget’s Day. (proverb)
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóicthiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language