fockle
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-. Cognate with Irish focal.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɔːɡəl]
Noun
fockle m (genitive singular fockle, plural focklyn)
- word
- Croo focklyn noa-emshyragh da’n Ghaelg.
- Inventing new words for Manx.
- Cur kiaull rish ny focklyn.
- Set the words to music.
- Ta ny focklyn Gaelgagh ny s’earrooagh.
- The Gaelic words predominate.
- word of honour
- charm
- vocable
Derived terms
- fockleyr
- focklyn graih
- noa-ockle
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fockle | ockle | vockle |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Stüber, Karin (1998). The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic. Maynooth: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, p. 70. →ISBN.