caarjys

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cairdes (“friendship, alliance, pact”). By surface analysis, caarjyn (“friends”) +‎ -ys.

Noun

caarjys m (genitive singular caarjys, no plural)

  1. friendship
    Haink caarjys eddyr oc. ― They got to be friends.
    Ren eh ass caarjys eh. ― He did it through friendship.
  2. alliance
    Ren ad caarjys rish ny Frangee. ― They allied themselves with the French.

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
caarjyschaarjysgaarjys
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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