faarkey

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fairrge. Cognate with Irish farraige.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faarkey m (genitive singular faarkee, plural faarkaghyn)

  1. sea, ocean
    Huitt faarkey mooar orrin. ― We were struck by a heavy sea.
    Ta faarkey mooar ayn. ― There is a heavy sea.

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faarkey aarkey vaarkey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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