Cregeen's Dictionary

A Dictionary of the Manks Language — Archibald Cregeen, 1835
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
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paa, a. thirsty, athirst.. The first is used in common conversation and in poetry, the latter in scripture
s'paa, a. how thirsty; first [viz. s'paa] comp. and sup P
ro phaa, a. too thirsty P
paays, s. f. thirst; pl. -syn
e phaays, s. his thirst P
nyn baays, s. your, &c., thirst; Hag. i. 6: …ta shiu giu, agh cha vel shiu er chuir nyn baays […ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink] P
paag, s. f. a kiss; pl. -yn
nyn baag, s. your &c., kiss; pl. -yn P
paag, v. kiss; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phaag, v. did kiss or kissed; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
paagey, v. kissing, salute by joining lips
paagit, 85. kissed
s'paagit, a. how kissed P
paageyder, s. m. one who kisses
yn phaageyder, s. the kisser P
Paaie, s. f. Peggy
Phaaie, s. Peggy, voc. case P
paal, s. f. a pen, a coop; pl. -yn
paard, v. part, depart; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha baart, 158. would, &c., not part; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phaart, v. did part or depart; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
paardail, v. parting with, departing
er baartail, hath, &c., departed P
paardit, 85. expired, departed
paart, s. m. some, part, part of
nyn baart, s. your, &c., part
aart-ny-paart, lot nor part
pabyr, s. m. paper; pl. -yn
nyn babyr, s. your, &c., paper; pl. -yn P
pabyrey, a. pl. (sic) paper; a. d. of paper
pabyr-craitnagh, s. parchment
pabyr, v. paper; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phabyr, v. did paper or papered; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pabyral, v. papering
pabyrit, 85. papered
s'pabyrit, a. how papered P
pabyreyder, s. m. a paperer; pl. -yn
padjer, s. f. prayer; pl. -yn
nyn badjer, s. your, &c. prayer; pl. -yn P
padjeragh, a. d. of prayer
paggad, s. m. a packet; pl. -yn
paggan, s. f. a cloth used under a child, a double [OED double 5: A fold; a folded piece of stuff]; pl. -yn
paggey, s. m. a pack; pl. 67
pairk, s. m. a park; pl. -yn
paitçhey, s. m. a child; pl. 69
nyn baitçhey, s. our, &c., child; pl. 69 P
paitçhagh, a. childish
paitt, s. f. pest, pestilence, plague
paittagh, a. pestilential, plaguy
paittoil (sic: stress), a. pestilent, pestiferous
s'paittoil (sic: stress), a. how pestilential; comp. and sup. P
palçhey, s. m. plenty; pl. 67
nyn balçhey, s. your, &c., plenty; pl. 69 (sic) P
palçhey, a. plentiful, plenteous
dy palçhey, adv. plentifully, copiously
s'palçhey, a. how plentious or plentiful, comp. and sup. P
slane palçhey, s. abundance; 1 Chro. xxix. 21: As heb ad ourallyn gys y Chiarn, as ourallyn-losht er laa-ny-vairagh, eer thousane dow, as thousane rea, as thousane eayn, marish nyn ourallyn-feeyney as ourallyn elley ayns slane palchey, son ooilley Israel. [And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel]
palçhid, s. f. plenteousness; 1 Sam. xxv. 6: As myr shoh nee shiu gra rishyn ta beaghey ayns palchys, Shee dy row ort hene, as shee dy row gys dty hie, as shee da ooilley ny t'ayd. [And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast]
pandoogh, v. panting, pant; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phandoogh, v. did pant or panted; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
panney, s. m. a pan; pl. 67
pannys, s. f. penance; pl. -syn
nyn banys, s. your, &c., penance; pl. -syn P
papan, s. m. a pope; pl. -yn
papanagh, a. papistical, popish;
papanagh, s. m. a papist; pl. 71
papanys, s. f. popery
parane, s. f. a wild parsnip; pl. -yn
pardoon, s. m. pardon, forgiveness; pl. -yn
nyn bardoon, s. your, &c. pardon
pardoon, v. pardon, remit; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phardoon, v. did pardon or pardoned; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pardooney, v. pardoning, forgiving
pardoonit, 85. pardoned, forgiven
s'pardoonit, a. how pardoned P
pardooneyder, s. m. a pardoner; pl. -yn
pargys, s. m. paradise; pl. -yn
nyn bargys, s. your, &c., paradise P
parick, s. f. a small lobster; pl. -yn; Prov.: Ta daa pharick jannoo un ghimmagh. [Two small lobsters make a large one.] P
Parick, s. m. Patrick
un Pharick, s. m. one Patrick
duillag-Pharick, s. f. plantain
Parlane, s. m. Bartholomew. The festival of this saint is kept on the 24th of August.; Prov.: Laa'l Parlane, daa honn goll sy nane. [St. Bartholomew's Day, two waves going in one.]
partan, s. f. a crab; pl. -yn
croag-partan, s. f. water seagrum; crab's claws.. [?l. croag-phartan]
parteays, s. m. f. a partner; pl. -syn
nyn baarteays, s. your, &c. partner P
pash, s. f. an earthen pan, a panmug [OED: Eng. regional (now chiefly north-west.) a large earthenware vessel used to hold milk, butter, etc.], a potsherd; Pro. xxvi. 23: Ta meillyn shliawn lesh cree olkyssagh, myr pash craie coodit lesh trustyr dy argid [Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross]
pasheyder, s. m. a potter; pl. -yn
patrag, s. f. a partridge; pl. -yn
peajeog, s. m. f. a niggard, a miser; pl. -yn
peajeogagh, a. niggardly
s'peajeogagh, a. how miserly or niggardly P
s'peajeogee, a. id. 58. comp. and sup. P
peajeogys, s. f. niggardliness
peamad, s. m. a pavement; pl. -yn
peccah, s. m. sin; pl. -ghyn
nyn beccah, s. your, &c. sin
peccagh, s. m. a sinner; pl. 71
yn pheccagh, s. the sinner. This word and its radical are often used for person; as; Jer. xliii. 6: Eer deiney, as mraane, as cloan, as inneenyn y ree, as dy chooilley pheccagh daag Nebuzaradan captan y ghard, marish Gedaliah mac Ahikam… [Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam…]; Acts xiii. 11: As chelleeragh huitt kay as dorraghys er; as hie eh mygeayrt râsey shirrey peccagh dy gholl ny chione [And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. It is generally sounded as if written phy’agh, and the radical py’agh] P
nyn beccagh, s. m. your, &c. sinner P
py'agh or p'agh, s. m. a person.. No doubt this is a contraction or a corruption of peccagh (a sinner), which see; it is used in common talk, and with some propriety when in opposition to baagh, py'agh ny baagh [human or animal]
peccoil, a. sinful, wicked, vile
s'peccoil, a. how sinful; comp. and sup. P
peccoillys, s. f. sinfulness
Peddyr, s. m. Peter.. In general improperly pronounced peedyr, the Manks of pewter
bossan-Pheddyr, s. m. Peter's wort
peeaghane, s. a stuffing of the breath passage, a hoarseness, dyspnoea
peeaghanagh or peeaghanit, a. stuffed up in the breath passage, so as not to be able to speak above the breath, hoarse
s'peeaghanit, a. how unable to speak above the breath P
peeagheree, s. caterwauling or cat rutting
peedyr, s. m. pewter; pl. -yn
peedyragh, a. d. of pewter
peegagh, s. m. a large skate or ray fish, a thornback [OED: The common ray or skate (Raia clavata) of British seas]; pl. -yn
peeikear, s. m. a spy, a descrier; pl. -yn
peeikearagh, v. spying, descrying, prying
peeikearys, s. f. the craft or business of a spy
peek, s. f. the top of a gable
peeley, s. f. (from pill [deest]), a fortress, a pile or tower; pl. 67
peeoge, s. f. a puny, petty, tiny thing; pl. -yn
peesh, s. f. piece, part of the whole; pl. -yn
peesh, v. to put pieces together; We could well do without this word; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
pheesh, v. did piece or pieced; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pell, s. m. the prominence of the belly
pellag, s. f. a small division of something, generally applied to the division of a cart load in small heaps or parts; pl. -yn
pelt, s. m. the felt or skin; pl. -yn
penn, s. ‘pen’
skynn-phenney, s. f. a pen-knife; Jer. xxxvi. 23: As haink eh gy-kione, tra va Jehudi er lhaih three ny kiare dy ghuilliagyn, dy yiare yn ree eh lesh skynn-phenney, as cheau eh ‘syn aile eh va er y chollagh, derrey va ooilley yn lioar losht ‘syn aile va er y chollagh. [And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth]
perkin, s. m. a prater, an impertinent, saucy fellow, a pragmatic [OED: An officious or meddlesome person, a busybody; a conceited person]; pl. -yn; Ecclesiasticus xx. 8: Ver sleih feoh da'n perkin: as bee dwoaie oc ersyn ta goaill rouyr taggloo er. [He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated]
perkinagh, a. prating, pratling in matters not concerned in, pragmatical
perkinys, s. f. prate, pragmaticalness
perkyn, s. f. a porpoise, a herring-hog [OED = grampus: The popular name of various delphinoid cetaceans, having a high falcate dorsal fin and a blunt rounded head, and remarkable for the spouting and blowing which accompanies their movements]; pl. 72 ; Yn pherkyn wooar [the great sea or herring-hog]
pern, s. ‘reel’
gailley-pern, s. m. a fish which I do not know the English name of. [sc. anglerfish, devilfish, frogfish]
perree, s. m. a short jacket without a tail; pl. -yn
persoon, s. m. a person; pl. -yn
nyn bersoon, s. your, &c. person P
persoonagh, adv. in person, personally
pesmad, s. f. a parsnip; pl. -yn
pesson, s. m. a rector; pl. -yn
pessonagh, a. d. of a rector
pessonys, s. f. the office of a rector
phadeyr, s. m. a prophet; That this word is not initialled as it ought; pl. -yn
e adeyr, s. m. his prophet. This word is from phadeyr, but ought to be from fadeyr, as it undergoes the changes of f, and not of p
nyn vadeyr, s. your, &c. prophet; themselves, prophets; pl. -yn; Acts xv. 32: As myr va Judas as Silas nyn vadeyryn ad-hene, choyrlee ad ny braaraghyn lesh ymmodee goan, as hickyree ad [ad ayns nyn gredjue]. [And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them] Ph
phadeyragh, a. d. of a prophet
phadeyr-ben, s. f. a prophetess
phadeyrys, s. m. prophecy
e adeyrys, s. his, &c. See phadeyrys F
phynnodderee, s. m. a satyr; That this word stands precisely in the same predicament as the word phadeyr, there can be no doubt; derived from fynney (hair or fur), and oashyr or oashyree (of stockings or hose); the name seems to imply that its hair or fur is its covering; Isa. xxxiv. 14: Hig beishtyn oaldey yn assagh dy cheilley marish beishtyn oaldey yn ellan, as nee yn phynodderee gyllagh da e heshey [The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow.]
pian (sounded peean), s. m. pain; I think that this word is nothing more than a corruption of the English, and could be well dispensed with; pl. -yn
nyn bian, s. your, &c. pain P
phian, v. did pain or pained; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pianey, v. paining
pianit, 85. pained
s'piant, how pained P
piandagh, a. painful;
piandagh, s. m. a person in pain; pl. 71
s'piandagh, a. how painful P
s'piandee, a. id. 58. comp. and sup. P
pibbin, s. f. a puffin; pl. -yn
nyn bibbin, s. your, &c. puffin P
pibbyr, s. m. pepper; pl. -yn
nyn bibbyr, s. your, &c. pepper P
pibbyragh, a. d. of pepper
bossan-pepyragh, s. m. pepperwort, dittander
phibbyr, v. did pepper or peppered; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pick, s. f. a pick-axe
nyn bick, s. your, &c. pick-axe P
pick, s. f. pitch; Isa. xxxiv. 9: As bee ny strooanyn eck chyndaït gys pick, as y joan eck gys brimstone, as hig y thalloo eck dy ve pick-loshtee [And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch]
nyn bick, s. your, &c. pitch P
pick-hallooin, s. f. slime, bitumen
pieanat, s. f. a magpie; pl. -yn; the -at changed to -ee [viz. pieanee]
piggyl, s. f. pickle; pl. -yn
pihtt, s. f. a woman's privity
pillagh, s. m. a pillow; pl. -yn; Ez. xiii. 18: Smerg da ny mraane ta whaalley pillaghyn [obbee] fo dagh uillin, as jannoo reddyn [obbee] son king jeh dy chooilley eash, dy chleayney anmeenyn! [Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls!]
pin, s. f. a peg;.; pl. -aghyn; Ez. xv. iii: Vod y fuygh echey ve goit son obbyr erbee? ny, jean deiney jannoo pin jeh dy chroghey saagh erbee er? [Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?]
ping, s. f. a penny; pl. -yn
nyn bing, s. your, &c. penny P
lus y daa phing, s. f. money-wart, the herb twopence
piob, s. a pipe, flute; pl. -yn
pirragh, s. f. a species of gull, pinquin [sc. penguin ?]; pl. 71
pishag, s. f. a spell, conjuration
pishagagh, a. incantatory, magical
s'pishagagh, a. how much for spells or charms
s'pishagee, a. id. 58. comp. and sup. P
pishagys, s. f. magic, enchantment
pisheyragh, v. whispering
pishin, s. m. a kitten; pl. -yn; 72
pishyr, s. f. peas or pease; pl. -yn
nyn bishyr, s. your, &c. pease P
pishyragh, a. d. of peas
piyr, s. f. a pair, a couple; pl. -yn
nyn biyr, s. your, &c. pair P
piyr, v. pair; -agh; -al; -ey; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phiyr, v. did pair or paired; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
piyral, v.
piyrit, 85. paired, coupled
s'piyrit, a. how paired P
plaase, s. f. a palace; pl. -yn
nyn blaase, s. our, &c. palace P
plaastyr, s. m. plaster; pl. -yn
plaastr, v. plaster; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phlaastyr, v. did plaster, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
plaastrail, v. plastering
plaastrit, 85. plastered
s'plaastrit, a. how plastered P
plaastreyder, s. m. a plasterer; pl. -yn
plaggad, s. m. oats, from the time it is in ear till threshed, has a right to be so called. It is always corkey, but not sheel till threshed and winnowed
plaiynt, s. complaint; pl. -yn
nyn blaiynt, s. your, &c. complaint P
plaiynt, v. complain; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phlaiynt, v. did complain, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -it; -yms; -ys P
plaiyntit, 85. complained
s'plaiyntit, a. how complained of P
plaiyntagh, s. m. a complainer; pl. 71
pleat, s. m. prate, prattle, talk.; Prov.: Boayl ta gioee ta keck, as boayl ta mraane ta pleat. [Where there are geese there is dirt, and where there are women there is prattle.]
pleat, v. idem; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha blead, v. not plead; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys P
phlead, v. did plead or talk, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pleateil, v. pleading, pratling, talking, prating
pleatit, 85. talked
pleateyder, s. m. a pleader, or prater
pleadeilys, s. discourse, joint talk
ploogh, v. smother, stifle; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha bloogh, v. not smother or stifle; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phloogh, v. did smother or stifle, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
plooghey, v.
plooghee, a. d.
gorley-plooghee, s. the quinsy
plooghit, 85. smothered, stifled, suffocated
ploogheyder, s. m. a smotherer; pl. -yn
plooghane, s. f. a suffocating fume
plooghanit, pt.
s'plooghanit, a. how suffocated P
plooghanagh, a.
s'plooghanagh, a. how suffocating P
s'plooghanee, a. id. 58. comp. and sup. P
pluck, v.
cha bluck, v. not pull or pluck; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phluck, v. did pluck or pull; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
pluckit, pt.
s'pluckit, a. how pulled P
poagey, s. m. a bag; pl. 67
nyn boagey, s. your, &c., bag; pl. 67 P
dy phoagey, v. to bag, jut, bulge or swell
poanrey, s. m. beans; pl. 67
nyn boanrey, s. your, &c. beans P
pobble, s. m. people, audience, population
nyn bobble, your, &c. people, community P
poddash, s. f. pottage [OED: A soup, stew, or porridge]; pl. -yn
nyn boddash, s. your, &c. pottage; pl. -yn P
podjal, s. f. a flagon, jug, urn; Isa. xxii. 24: As nee ad eshyn y choamrey lesh ooilley gloyr thie e ayrey, yn sheeloghe as yn sluight, ooilley ny siyn beggey, voish siyn-cappan eer gys siyn-podjal. [And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons]
poggaid, s. f. a pocket; pl. -yn
poh, in. of dislike
pohll, s. f. a pole stone; Stones fastened to both ends of herring nets to sink them when fishing. One is called pohll y vaatey, and the other pohll famman; pl. -yn
pohlld, v. uphold, warrant, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha bohlld, v. would not uphold or warrant; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phohlld, v. did uphold, &c.; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys P
pohlldey, v. upholding, warranting
pohlldit, 85. upholden, warranted
s'pohllit, a. how upholded P
pohllder, s. m. an upholder, &c
pohllinagh, s. m. a mermaid, or rather a merman; pl. 71
pohnnar, s. m. a child grown between infancy and adolescence. There appears to be three stages before puberty, in the Manks language: oikan, pohnnar, and scollag or scoilg
nyn bohnnar, s. your, &c. boy or girl; pl. -yn P
poht, s. m. a pot; pl. poiyt
nyn boht, s. your, &c. pot P
pooiyt, s. pl. pots
phuyt, a. d. of the pot or pots; cooid y phuyt
poinht, s. a lace of leather or thong; pl. -yn
pouint, s. pl. laces, strings, thongs
poinnee, a. stout, sturdy, stiff
poinneeid, s. m. stoutness, sturdiness
point, v. appoint, bid, or order; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha boinsh, v. 158. not appoint; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phoint, v. did appoint; -agh; -ys P
pointeil, v. appointing, bidding
nyn boinsheil, v. your, &c. appointing P
pointit, 85. appointed, bidden
s'pointit, a. how appointed P
poll, v. mat, or stick together; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
pholl, v. did mat or adhere; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys P
polley, v. sticking together without weaving, as wool in a hat
pollit, 85. matted, stuck together
s'pollit, v. how matted P
poll, v. prune; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
pollal, v. pruning, cropping
pollagh, s. f. marsh parsnip
pollan, s. a saddle cloth, a cloth for the back of a horse; pl. -yn
nyn bollan, s. your, &c. saddle cloth P
polt, s. m. a blow, stroke, or thump; or perhaps it means the sound or report of a blow, shot, &c., more than the blow, &c. itself
nyn bolt, s. your, &c. knock or thump
ayns-polt, adv. in an instant, in as short a time as a blow could be given
polt, v. strike, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha bolt, v. not strike; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
pholt, v. did thump, thumped; -agh; -ys P
poltal, v. striking, thumping, &c
poltit, 85. thumped, struck
s'poltit, a. how struck, or thumped P
polteyder, s. m. a thumper, &c.; pl. -yn
pontreil, s. f. a plummet. [OED plummet 2a: A ball of lead or other heavy material attached to a plumb line for determining the vertical; (also) the whole instrument, including line and weight; a plumb rule]; 2 Kings xxi. 13: As sheeyn-yms magh harrish Jerusalem line towshan Samaria, as pontreil thie Ahab: as neem's glenney Jerusalem myr ta claare er ny ghlenney, rubbey eh, as chyndaa e veeal fo [And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down]
pooar, s. m. power, puissance, authority; pl. -aghyn; vel pooar ec yn eayst[?] [does the moon shine[?]]
nyn booar, s. our, &c. power; pl. -aghyn P
pooaragh, a. d. of power or might
pooar-gioal, s. m. an execution
slane pooar, s. authority; Esther ix. 29: Eisht scrieu Esther yn ven-rein, inneen Abihail, as Mordecai yn Ew, lesh slane pooar, dy choyrt ayns bree yn screeuyn elley shoh son Purim. [Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim]
pooaral, a. powerful, mighty, puissant
pooaragh, a.
s'pooaragh, a. how powerful or mighty P
s'pooaral, a. id. comp. and sup. This change in the termination is contrary to the general rule. [Surely, properly the comp. and sup. of pooaral; see above.]
pooar, s. m. token, warrant; pl. -yn
poodyr, s. m. powder; pl. -yn
nyn boodyr, s. your, &c. powder; pl. -yn P
poodyr, v. powder or dust; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha boodyragh, <185>[158]. would, &c. not powder; -in; -ins; ‑y[m]; ‑y[s] P
phoodyr, v. did powder, powdered; -agh; -ys P
poodyral, v. powdering
poodyrit, 85. powdered, dusted
pooishee, s. f. a posy, a flower
poos or poose, v. marry, wed, wive; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha boose, v. not marry; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phoose, v. did marry, married; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys P
poosey, v. marrying, wedding
poost, 85. married, wedded
s'poost, a. how married or wedded P
ben-phoost, s. f. a married woman, a wife
dooinney-poost, s. m. a married man, a husband
poosey, s. m. a marriage, a wedding; pl. 67
nyn boosey, your, &c.; pl. boosaghyn marriages P
poosee, a. d. of marriage, matrimonial, conjugal
ben-phoosee, s. f. a bride
dooinney-poosee, a bridegroom
brishey-poosey, s. m. adultery, a breach of marriage
pooseyder, s. m. one who marries
pootçh, s. a pouch; pl. -yn
pootçhagh, a. poutish, sullen, sulky
pootçhid, s. m. sullenness, sulkiness
possan, s. m. a parcel. Generally applied to sheep
nyn bossan, s. your, &c. parcel P
postyr, s. f. a scold, a bully; Ecclesiasticus xxvi. 27: Bee briaght foddey as gerrit jeant son postyr dy ven veeallagh, ee hene ver scaalhean er nyn noidyn. [A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies]
poyll, s. f. puddle, pool; pl. puill
puill, s. pl. pools, puddles the pl. of poyll.
poyll sluggee, s. f. a whirlpool
prash, s. m. brass; pl. -yn
prashey, a. d. of brass, brazen
prasheyder, s. m. a brazier; pl. -yn
prashit, 85. brazed, lined with brass
prayll, v. pray, praying.. I have inserted this word although not without an objection. See conclusion of introduction, page 15. [‘The verb to pray occurs above two hundred times in the English Scriptures; yet the translators have not once used that mongrel word, prayll, or its parent, prayal (see Remark 79), which, and the like, are now generally used without reserve. I do not, however, allude to the Clergy, who, to their credit, always say goaill padjer, ec padjer, jannoo padjer, &c.’]
preaçh, v. preach, publish a religious oration
cha breaçh, v. not preach; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phreaçh, v. did preach; &c. -ys, 94 P
preaçheil, v. preaching
nyn breaçheil, v. your, &c. preaching P
preaçhit, 85. preached
preaçhoor, s. m. a preacher; pl. -yn
nyn breaçhoor, s. your, &c. preacher; pl. -yn P
preis, s. f. pressure of business; Mark ix. 25: Tra honnick Yeesey dy row yn pobble ayns preis chionney dy cheilley, vaggyr eh er y spyrryd neu-ghlen [When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit.]
preissal, <v.>[a.] pressing
s'preisal, a. how pressing or busy P
premee, s. f. a necessary or privy
prindeys (sic: stress), s. m. f. an apprentice; pl. -syn
nyn brendeys (sic: stress), your, &c. apprentice; pl. -syn P
prinjeig, s. f. paunch, the belly tripe; pl. -yn
prios, s. m. price; Gal.; pl. -yn
prise, s. f. a fulcrum; pl. -yn
pris<e>, v. raise by lever on a fulcrum [i.e. prise]; -agh; -ee; -in; -ym; -ys
prisal, v. raising by lever and fulcrum
prisit, 85. raised by lever
prow, v. prove, try, evince; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha brow, v. not prove; -agh P
phrow, v. did prove, try or experience, proved; -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys P
prowal, v. proving, trying, deposing
dy phrowal, v. to prove, to depose, or swear on oath P
prowit, 85. proved, deposed, tried
s'prowit, a. how proved or sworn, how experienced P
prowal, s. m. proof, experience, deposition; pl. -yn
nyn browal, s. your, &c. proof or proving; pl. -yn P
prowaltagh, s. m. a prover, a deposer; pl. 71
yn phrowaltagh, s. the prover or deposer P
nyn browaltagh, s. your, &c. deponent or deposer; pl. 71 P
prowaltys, a. probatory, probationary
prowalys, s. f. probation, trial
prugh, v. hoard; -agh; -ee; -in; -ym; -ys
prughit, 85. hoarded
prughag, s. m. a hoarder, a miser; pl. -yn; Prov.: Tasht prughag as ee lughag. [Store miser and eat mouse.]
pryssoon, s. m. a prison
nyn brysoon, s. your, &c. prison
pryssoon, v. imprison; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha brysoon, v. not imprison; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms P
phryssoon (sic: stress), v. did imprison or incarcerate; -agh; -ys P
pryssooney, v. imprisoning
pryssooneyder, s. m. one who imprisons
pryssoonit, 85. imprisoned
s'pryssoonit, a. how imprisoned P
pryssoonagh, s. m. a prisoner; pl. 71
nyn brysoonagh, s. your, &c. prisoner; pl. 71 P
puckler, s. m. a snug farmer on a small farm
puddase, s. f. a potato; pl. -yn
nyn buddase, s. your, &c. potato; pl. -yn P
puht, v. push; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phutt, v. did push, &c.; -agh; -ys P
puhtey, v. pushing
puhtit, 85. pushed
puhteyder, s. m. a pusher
puhttagh, a. pushing, apt to push
tarroo-puhttagh, s. m. a pushing bull
puiddihn, s. f. pudding; pl. -eeyn
puihe, in. away cow, begone cow
pundaig, s. f. a hard stem of grass; pl. -yn
pundaigagh, a. having hard stems
pundail, s. a pinfold or pound
nyn bundail (sic: stress), s. our, &c. pinfold; pl. -yn P
pundail, v. impound; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
phundail (sic: stress), v. did impound, &c.; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys P
pundailit, 85. impounded
pundaileyder, s. m. an impounder; pl. -yn
punt, s. m. a pound, 20 shillings; pl. puint
puint, s. pl pounds; the pl. of punt.
nyn buint, s. your, &c. pounds
punt, s. m. a small yawl or boat; pl. -yn
purt, s. f. port, harbour, haven.. The best pl. of this word is puirt, but in scripture it is purtyn
nyn burt, s. your, &c. port, harbour P
puirt, s. pl. harbours, ports, havens
nyn buirht, your, &c. ports, &c P
purtey, a. d. of a port or harbour
leeideilagh purtey, s. m. a pilot
Purt-Noo-Moirrey, s. Port St. Mary.. This safe and excellent harbour, which has been greatly improved of late years by the building of a new quay, no doubt took its name from a Catholic Chapel which formerly stood adjacent thereto, called St. Mary's, now razed from the foundation
Purt-ny-Hinshey, s. Peel. literally, the harbour of the Island —the town and harbour of Peel. Some say that this word is derived from ny hinshley, (the low situation); others from ny ynsee (the seat of the literate): but it is obviously from inch or innys (an island), the genitive article ny changes inch to hinch and -ey; in that case, the harbour of the Peel Island
Purt-Sheearan, s. Port Erin. the most western port or harbour of the Island, now generally called Port Iron
beeal y phurt, (the entrance into the harbour)
puss, s. f. cheek; pl. -yn See also puiss.
puiss, s. f. a cheek; pl. -yn
nyn buiss, s. your, &c. cheek P
puss, v. puff; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys See also puiss.
pussal or pussey, v. getting swelled in the cheeks with choler
pussagh, a. having fat or chubbed cheeks, choleric, puffy
py, s. f. a pie; pl. -aghyn
pyht, in. pshaw, of contempt
pyle, s. f. a sharp pointed iron or ferrule on an arrow; pl. -yn
pyle, s. f. an emeroid [i.e. haemorrhoid, pile]; pl. -yn
pynjouiryn, s. pl. pincers
pynt, s. m. a pint; pl. -yn
pynteraght, v. pinting, drinking pints
pyshoon, s. m. poison; pl. -yn
pyshoon, v. poison; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
pyshooney, v. poisoning
er nyn byshooney, v. hath, &c. them poisoned P
pyshoonit, 85. poisoned
s'pyshoonit, a. how poisoned P
pyshoonagh, a. poisonous, pernicious
pyshooneyder, s. m. one who poisons