cayrn

Manx

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish corn,[1] cognate with Irish corn and Scottish Gaelic còrn.

Pronunciation

Noun

cayrn m (genitive singular cayrn, plural cayrnyn)

  1. trumpet, horn

Mutation

Mutation of cayrn
radical lenition eclipsis
cayrn chayrn gayrn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “12481”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 130
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