mooinjer

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter. Cognate with Irish muintir.

Noun

mooinjer f (genitive singular mooinjerey, no plural)

1. people
2. family

   T'eh fer jeh mooinjer Whilliam.

   He is one of the Quilliams.

3. kin
4. tribe
5. relations
6. inhabitants
7. entourage

Derived terms

• caarjyn as mooinjer
• mooinjer folley
• mooinjer ny çheerey
• mooinjer ny Gaelgey
• mooinjer thielagh
• mooinjer veggey
• mooinjer yn valley
• mooinjerys

 

Mutation

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