Cregeen's Dictionary


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

udlan; s. f. a swivel; pl. -yn.


ugh or ogh; an interjection of disappointment, frustration, or defeat.

ogh or och; See ugh.

ugh cha nee; in. Dr. Kelly in his Manks grammer says the meaning is “wo is me.”

ugh choin she; in. O that it is.


ughtagh; s. f. ascent, acclivity, a rising ground; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn].

ughtee; a. d. of ascent or acclivity.


uhllin; s. a stack-yard or hagyard [EDD haggard: a stack-yard].

uhlley; a. d. of the stack-yard or hagyard.


uillin; s. f. elbow. Prov. “Sniessey yn uillin na yn doarn.” [Nearer is the elbow than the fist.]

uiljyn; s. pl. elbows.

e huillin; s. her elbow. U

sy n’uillin; s. in the elbow. U

guilliney; v. 61. elbowing. U


uinnag; s. f. a window; pl. -yn.

sy nuinnag; in the window. U

uinnag-chlea; s. f. a sky-light or literally a roof-light.

far-uinnag; s. f. a false window, an imitation of one, a recess in a wall.


ullaagagh; s. f. woodbine, honeysuckle.


ullee; a. conversant; Ec[clesiasticus]. xxxix. 3: Shirree eh magh folliaghtyn raaghyn-creeney, as bee eh ullee ayns coraaghyn-dorraghey. He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables; ready, prepared; Matt. xxii. 4: Cur-my-ner ta mee er n'aarlaghey my yinnair: ta my ghew as my veiyn beiyht marroo, as dy chooilley nhee ullee; tar-jee gys y vannish. Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage; [xxiv.] 44: Shen-y-fa bee-jee shiuish myrgeddin ullee: son ec lheid yn oor as nagh vel shiu smooinaghtyn er, hig yn Mac dooinney. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.


ullymar; s. f. wormwood; pl. -yn.


un; a. one. Un is only part of the word unnane (one); un is always used before substantives; as, un laa (one day); un red (one thing), &c.; but the whole word unnane, or the latter syllable nane, is used before other words.

yn un chooid; s. the same, one and the same; Gen. xli. 26: Ta ny shiaght booaghyn mie, cowraghey shiaght bleeantyn; as ta ny shiaght jeeassyn mie shiaght bleeantyn: ta’n dreamal yn un chooid. The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

unnane; s. f. one. This word is not made use of before substantives as it is a substantive itself. See un and nane.

nane; s. f. and a. one; a contraction or part of the word unnane, what is used in familiar talk; pl. -yn. U

breck-sy-nane; s. f. spots or freckles on the skin, caused by the heat of the sun.

unnanejeig; a. eleven.

annanjeig; See unnanjeig.

nane jeig; a. eleven. U

nane jeig as feed; a. thirty-one. U

nane jeigoo; s. eleventh. U

unnaneys; s. f. unity, union.

unnaneysagh; a. in unition,

unnaneysey; v. uniting, to unite.

unnaneysit; 85. united.


undaagagh; s. f. nettles.


undin; s. m. foundation, basis; pl. -yn.

e hundin; s. her foundation. U

undinagh; a. fundamental.


unjin; s. m. ash, teil [OED: The lime or linden tree, Tilia europæa]; Isa. vi. 13: …myr bun billey-unjin ny darragh, ta'n soo oc ayndoo, tra t'ad tilgey nyn ghuillagyn, shen myr vees yn sluight chrauee ayns y bun echey. …as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

unjinagh; a. d. ashen, of ash.


unnish; s. f. an onion; pl. -yn.

e hunnish; s. her onion; pl. -yn. U

bog-unnish; s. f. the herb osmondroyal or water-fern.

far-unnish; s. f. a scallion [i.e. shallot, spring onion]; pl. -yn.


urley; s. m. an eagle.

urlee; s. pl. eagles.

e hurley; s. her eagle. U


use; s. m. interest; pl. -yn.


ushag; s. f. a bird; pl. -yn. Prov. “Ta ushag ayns laue chammah as jees sy thammag.” [A bird is the hand is as good as two in the bush.]

ushag happagh; s. f. the lark or tuft bird.

ushag reaisht or reeast; s. f. the mountain plover.

ushag roauyr ny hoarn; s. f. the bunting.

ushag voltee; s. f. the wagtail.

ushag wee; s. f. the yellow hammer.

edd-ushag; s. m. a bird's nest.


ushtey; s. m. water; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

ny hushtey; s. of water. U

ushtey-bio; See bioghey roayrt [s. m. the first rising of the spring tide after a neap.]

guilley-ny-ushtey; s. m. the smallest of the young at a litter or birth.

kiark ushtey; s. f. a coot.

lhieggey-ushtey; s. m. a waterfall, a cataract.

moir-ny-ushtaghyn; s. f. a source of the waters; 2 Kings ii. 21: As hie eh magh gys moir ny ushtaghyn, as hilg eh yn sollan ayns shen. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there.

mwyllin ushtey; s. f. a water mill.

tarroo-ushtey; s. m. a nondescript animal.

usht or ushtee; v. water, moisten, wet; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88..

cha n’usht or nushtee; v. not water; -agh; -ee; -in; -ym; -yms, 94. U

dushtee; v. watered, did water. U.

gushtagh or gushtaghey; v. 61. watering. U

dy ushtagh or ushtaghey; v. to water, to steep in water.

er n’ushtaghey; v. hath, &c. watered. U

ushtit; 85. watered, steeped.

ushteyder; s. m. a waterer; pl. -yn.

ushlagh; a. watery, wet.

s’ushlagh or sushtlagh; a. how watery. U

s’ushlee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. U

ushylagh; s. m. a very light and weak person, a mere skeleton.


uss; pro. thee; the em. of oo.


V; as a radical initial, see 32; mostly all words under it come from b, f, and m, only some of which are shown [in their respective places, in this edition].