toghyr

Manx

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish tochor (“act of putting, throwing, happening etc”),[1] cognate with Irish tachar and Scottish Gaelic tochair.

Pronunciation

Noun

toghyr m (genitive singular toghyr, plural toghyryn)

  1. dowry
    • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Genesis 34:12:
      Shir-jee wheesh as sailliu dy hoghyr as dy chooid, as ver-yms cordail myr ver shiu orrym: agh cur-jee dou yn ven aeg son ben.
      Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
  2. portion of inheritence
    • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Psalmyn 16:6:
      Yn Chiarn hene toghyr my eiraght, as my chappan: nee uss my chronney y yannoo mie.
      The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou shalt maintain my lot.

Mutation

Mutation of toghyr
radical lenition eclipsis
toghyr hoghyr doghyr

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), “tochor”, 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 129
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