poanrey

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir. Compare Irish pónaire, Scottish Gaelic pònair.

Noun

poanrey m (genitive singular poanrey, plural poanraghyn)

1. bean

Derived terms

• gass poanrey (“bean-stalk”)
• meeyl phoanrey (“bean-plant-louse”)
• meinn phoanrey (“bean-meal”)

Mutation

Mutation of poanrey

radical	lenition	eclipsis
poanrey	phoanrey	boanrey

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pónair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language