paa or paagh; a. thirsty, athirst. The first is used in common conversation and in poetry, the latter in scripture.
s’paa or s’paagh; a. how thirsty; first [viz. s’paa] comp. and sup. P
ro phaa or phaagh; a. too thirsty. P
paays; s. f. thirst; -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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phaag; v. did kiss or kissed; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. 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 or paart; v. part, depart; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha baart; would, &c., not part; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms, 94, 158. P
phaart or phaard; v. did part or depart; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. P
paardail or paartail; 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, 77; -ee; 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phabyr; v. did paper or papered; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. 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 [change -ey to -aghyn].
pairk; s. m. a park; pl. -yn.
paitçhey; s. m. a child; pl. 69 [change -ey to -yn].
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 [change -ey to -aghyn].
nyn balçhey; s. your, &c., plenty; pl. 69 (sic) [change -ey to -yn]. 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 or palçhys; 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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phandoogh; v. did pant or panted; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. P
panney; s. m. a pan; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
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; s. m. a papist; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phardoon; v. did pardon or pardoned; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. 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., [comp. and sup.,] 58. P
peajeogys; s. f. niggardliness.
peamad; s. m. a pavement; pl. -yn.
peccah; s. m. sin; pl. peccaghyn.
nyn beccah; s. your, &c. sin.
peccagh; s. m. a sinner; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
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… , and 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, as 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 [change -ey to -aghyn].
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; -agh, 77; -ee, 80. -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. We could well do without this word. See meer.
pheesh; v. did piece or pieced; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. 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 [change -yn to -eeyn]. 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; pl. -yn. That this word is not initialled as it ought, see adeyr.
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; pl. -yn; themselves, prophets; 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; 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. 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.
pian; s. m. (sounded peean), pain; pl. -yn. I think that this word is nothing more than a corruption of the English, and could be well dispensed with. See guin.
nyn bian; s. your, &c. pain. P
phian; v. did pain or pained; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. P
pianey; v. paining.
pianit or piant; 85. pained.
s’piant; how pained. P
piandagh; a. painful; s. m. a person in pain; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
s’piandagh; a. how painful. P
s’piandee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. 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, 94. 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 or 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; 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!; pl. -yn.
pin or pinn*; s. f. a peg;. 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?; pl. -aghyn.
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 [change -agh to -ee].
pishag; s. f. a spell, conjuration.
pishagagh; a. incantatory, magical.
s’pishagagh; a. how much for spells or charms.
s’pishagee; [a.] id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. P
pishagys; s. f. magic, enchantment.
pisheyragh; v. whispering.
pishin; s. m. a kitten; pl. -yn, or 72 [change -in to -eeyn].
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, 77; -al, 79, or -ey, 82; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phiyr; v. did pair or paired; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. P
piyral or piyrey; 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* or plaastree; v. plaster; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phlaastyr; v. did plaster, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. 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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phlaiynt; v. did complain, &c.; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -it; -yms; -ys, 94. P
plaiyntit; 85. complained.
s’plaiyntit; a. how complained of. P
plaiyntagh; s. m. a complainer; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
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; 77; -ee; 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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, 94. P
pleateil or pleatey; 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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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, 94. 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., [comp. and sup.,] 58. 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, 94. P
pluckit; pt.
s’pluckit; a. how pulled. P
poagey; s. m. a bag; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
nyn boagey; s. your, &c., bag; pl. 67. P
dy phoagey; v. to bag, jut, bulge or swell.
poanrey; s. m. beans; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
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; pl. -yn. Stones fastened to both ends of herring nets to sink them when fishing. One is called pohll y vaatey, and the other pohll famman.
pohlld; v. uphold, warrant, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha bohlld; v. would not uphold or warrant; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms. P
phohlld; v. did uphold, &c.; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys, 94. P
pohlldey or pohlldal; 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 [change -agh to -ee].
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; as, 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 or poinsh; v. appoint, bid, or order; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha boinsh; v. 158. not appoint; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym, -yms, 94. P
phoint or phoinsh; v. did appoint; -agh; &c., -ys, 94. P
pointeil; v. appointing, bidding.
nyn boinsheil; v. your, &c. appointing. P
pointit; 85. appointed, bidden.
s’pointit; a. how appointed. P
poll or pohll; v. mat, or stick together; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
pholl; v. did mat or adhere; -agh; &c. -in; -ym; -ys, 94. P
polley; v. sticking together without weaving, as wool in a hat.
pollit; 85. matted, stuck together.
s’pollit; v. how matted. P
poll or pohll; v. prune; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
[cha] bolt; [v. not strike;] -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms, 94. P
pholt; v. did thump, thumped; -agh, &c.; -ys, 94. P
poltal or poltey; 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 or poodyree; v. powder or dust; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha boodyragh; <185>[158]. would, &c. not powder; -in; -ins; -y[m]; -y[s]. P
phoodyr; v. did powder, powdered; -agh, &c.; -ys, 94. P
poodyral; v. powdering.
poodyrit; 85. powdered, dusted.
pooishee; s. f. a posy, a flower.
poos or poose; v. marry, wed, wive; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha boose; v. not marry; -agh;-in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94.
phoose; v. did marry, married; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys, 94. 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 [change -ey to -aghyn].
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.
puill; s. pl. pools, puddles; 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, 84. 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 or preays; 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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ym, 86; -ys, 88.
prisal; v. raising by lever and fulcrum.
prisit; 85. raised by lever.
prow; v. prove, try, evince; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym; 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha brow; v. not prove; -agh, 77, &c. P
phrow; v. did prove, try or experience, proved; -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. P
prowal; v. proving, trying, deposing.
dy phrowal; v. to prove, to depose, or swear on oath. P
prowit or prowt; 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 [change -agh to -ee].
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ym, 86; -ys, 88.
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
cha brysoon; v. [not imprison;] -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms, 94. P
phryssoon (sic: stress); v. did imprison or incarcerate; -agh, &c.; -ys, 94. 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 [change -agh to -ee].
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 or puit; v. push; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms 87; -ys, 88.
phutt; v. did push, &c.; -agh, &c.; -ys, 94. P
puhtey; v. pushing.
puhtit; 85. pushed.
puhteyder; s. m. a pusher.
puhttagh or puittagh; a. pushing, apt to push.
tarroo-puhttagh; s. m. a pushing bull.
puiddihn; s. f. pudding; pl. puiddeeyn.
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
phundail (sic: stress); v. did impound, &c.; -agh; -in; -ym; -ys, 94. P
pundailit; 85. impounded.
pundaileyder; s. m. an impounder; pl. -yn.
punt; s. m. a pound, 20 shillings; pl. see puint.
puint; s. pl. pounds; 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 or Innysey; 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 or Sheear ayn; 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. See also puiss; pl. -yn.
puiss; s. f. a cheek; pl. -yn.
nyn buiss; s. your, &c. cheek. P
puss; v. puff; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
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.