moir

See also: Moir and móir

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːɹ/

Noun

moir f (genitive singular mayrey, plural moiraghyn)

1. mother

   S’blah ennal ny mayrey. ― Warm as the mother’s breath.

Coordinate terms

• ayr (“father”)

Derived terms

• braar mayrey (“maternal uncle”)
• lhiass-voir (“stepmother”)
• moir gholtee (“foster mother, female guardian”)
• rein-voir (“queen mother”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moir	voir	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.