yn ow, s. the howe. [? i.e. The Howe (place-name, Braddan, Lonan, Maughold, Rushen)]
y, (article) the contraction of yn. It is often used before words beginning with a consonant; as, y dooinney, (the man); goll gys y vagher, (going to the field), &c. It is sometimes used in composition for a, as in Luke ix. 3. Ny lhig da daa chooat y pheesh y ve eu. [Neither have two coats apiece.]
yagh, in. anon [OED anan]. ; said to the speaker when the hearer does not well know what is said, a notice to repeat what was said before
yah or yagh, s. lass; pl. -yn
yarnaig, s. f. a hank of yarn or thread; pl. -yn
yeeal, s. f. a thong, a string of hide; Acts xxii. 25: As myr v'ad dy chiangley eh lesh yeeallyn, dooyrt Paul rish y chaptan-keead va ny hassoo liorish, Vel eh lowal diuish dy scuitchal dooinney ta ny Romanagh as gyn deyrey? [And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?]
yeal, See yeeal.
yeeal-chassee, s. f. a piece of thong tied between the handle and the rod of a flail, whereon it works
yeeal, v. beat; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha n'eeall, v. not beat; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms Y
deeal, v. 8. did beat, beat or bet Y
yeealley, v. beating
geealley, v. 61. beating.. Though the radical of this word is in y, as yeeall, the y is cast away and it seems to come from e.
er n'eealley, v. hath, &c. beaten Y
yeealt, 85. beaten
yeealley, s. m. a beating; pl. 67
yeealleyder, s. m. a beater
yeeilley, s. ‘satiety’
nyn neeilley, <v>[s]. their &c. eating; Pro. i. 31: Shen-y-fa nee ad gee jeh mess y raad oc hene, as bee nyn neeilley oc jeh nyn groutyn hene. [Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices] E
Yeesey, s. m. Jesus
Yernagh, s. m. an Irishman; pl. 71
Yernagh, a. Irish, any thing Irish
y Nernagh, s. the Irishman Y
Yernish, s. f. the Irish language
yiarn, s. m. iron; pl. -yn
sy n'yiarn, s. in the iron Y
yiarn-foldyragh, s. f. a scythe or sithe
yiarn-giarree, a. an edged tool
lhoob-yiarn, s. m. a link
yiarn, v. iron; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
dy yiarnal, v. to iron
er n'yiarney, v. hath, &c. ironed, smoothed Y
yiarnit, 85. ironed, finished with iron
s'yiarnit, a. how ironed, or covered with iron Y
yindys, s. m. wonder, admiration, amazement; pl. -syn
goaill-yindys, v. wondering See also gindys.
yindyssagh, a. wonderful, wonderous;
yindyssagh, s. m. a wonderer; pl. 71
dy yindyssagh, adv. wonderfully, &c
s'yindyssagh, a. how wonderful or wonderous
s'yindyssee, a. id. comp. and sup. Y
shilley-yindyssagh, s. m. spectacle; 1 Cor. iv. 9: Son ta shinyn shilley yindyssagh da'n seihll, as da ainleyn, as da deiney. [For we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men]
gindys, v. 61. wondering; Psl. xxii. 17: Hoyll ad my laueyn as my chassyn: foddym ooilley my chraueyn y choontey: t'ad shassoo gindys as jeeaghyn orrym. [They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me] Y
yll or yllee, v. shout, cry out, exclaim, call; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
dyll, v. called or did call, did visit or name Y
gyllagh, v. 61. shouting, calling.; Prov.: Yn oghe gyllagh toyn losht da'n aiee. [The oven calling burnt bottom to the kiln]
gillagh, See gyllagh.
dy yllagh, v. to call, to shout or cry out
er yllaghey, v. hath, &c., called, &c
yllit, 85. called, shouted for
s'yllit, a. how called, or shouted to Y
neu-yllit, a. uncalled
yllagh, s. m. a call or shout; pl. -yn
ylleyder, s. m. a caller, shouter, exclaimer
ymmodee, a. many, great many
ymmyd, s. m. use; pl. -yn
ass-ymmyd, a. out of use, obsolete
ny hymmydyn, s. the uses Y
ymmydey, v. using
ymmydit, 85. used
ymmydagh or ymmydoil (sic: stress), a. useful
s'ymmydagh, a. how useful Y
neu-ymmydagh or neu-ymmydoil (sic: stress), a. unuseful, useless
ymmydoilid, s. f. usefulness
ymmylt or ymmilt, See ymmilt.; v. tumble or roll, as a horse does after work; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
dymmylt, v. did tumble or roll as a horse Y
gymmilt or gymmiltey, v. 61. rolling or tumbling as a horse will after work, wallowing; <2 Pet. ii. 22.>[See ymmylt, s.] Y
dy ymmyltey, v. to roll, tumble or wallow
ymmyltit, 85. rolled, tumbled, wallowed
ymmylt, s. ‘wallowing’; 2 Pet. ii. 22: Ta'n moddey er jyndaa reesht gys y skeeah echey hene; as y vuc va nieet, gys yn ymmylt eck 'sy laagh. [The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.]
ymmyrkey, s. a birth.; pl. 67 ; Job iii. 16: Er-nonney follit myr ymmyrkey roish y traa cha beign ayn; myr mwaneyn nagh vaik rieau y toilshey. [Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.]
ymmyrt, v. row with oars; -agh; -ys
dymmyrt, v. did row with oar, rowed Y
gymmyrt, v. 61. rowing, rowing with oars Y
ymmyrtit, 85. rowed
ymmyrtagh, s. m. a rower; pl. 71
yndyr, v. graze, browse, feed on grass; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
gyndyr, v. 61. grazing, browsing, feeding on grass Y
dy yndyr, v. to feed on grass, to graze
yndyrit, 85. grass eaten, grazed
yndyragh, s. m. one that grazes, a grazier; pl. 71
ynnyd, s. f. a stead, impression, place, station, site, vestige; pl. -yn
ass-ynnyd, adv. out of place, out of joint
ayns ynnyd, adv. in lieu, place, stead of, in joint
syn-ynnyd, adv. in lieu of, instead, in place of
ynnyd-veaghee, s. f. a dwelling place
ynnyd y vreck, s. f. the marks of the small pox
ynnydagh, a. having impressions, marks of what had been, local
ynrican, a. only, onely or one like.. This word would have been more analogous had it been spelled unrican
unrick, a. only.. This orthography is used in the Manks Hymn Book, hymn cxlviii. 3, and is perhaps more analogous; Uss, unrick, uss, baillym ve aym, Treig-ym yn seihll as shen ny t'aym. Cur dou oo hene, cur oo hene dou, Roish nhee dy vel ayns shoh ny niau. [Thee alone, thee, I would wish with me, I will abandon the world and that which I have. Give Thyself to me, give me Thyself, Before any thing that is here or in heaven. MWW]
ynrick, a. ((from un, one, and rick, settled rule);), sincere, upright, just, perfect; 1 Chron. xxix. 9: Eisht va’n pobble ayns ard voggey son feoiltys nyn jebballyn, er-yn-oyr lesh cree ynrick, dy ren ad chebbal dy arryltagh gys y Chiarn [Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord]; dooinney ynrick, [a man of one settled rule in any thing good]
s'ynrick, a. how sincere, candid, upright, or just; comp. and sup. Y
neu-ynrick, a. insincere, unrighteous, unjust
slane-ynrick, a. perfect; Job i. 1: Va dooinney ayns cheer Uz, va'n ennym echey Job; as va'n dooinney cheddin slane-ynrick as jeeragh, goaill aggle roish Jee, as shaghney olk. [There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil]
ynrickys, s. f. sincerity, uprightness, integrity, righteousness, truth
yns or ynsee, v. learn, teach, instruct; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys
cha n'yns or n'ynsee, v. not learn, not teach; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms Y
dynsee, v. taught, did teach, learned or did learn, did gain, or impart knowledge Y
gynsagh or gynsaghey, v. 61. teaching, learning Y
dy ynsaghey, v. to learn, to teach, to instruct, to receive instruction
er m'ynsaghey, v. hath, &c. been taught
er n'ynsaghey, pt. hath, &c. learned, taught Y
ynsit, 85. learned, taught
dy ynsit, adv. learnedly
s'ynsit, a. how learned, taught, instructed, or educated Y
neu-ynsit, a. unlearned, untaught, illiterate; Rom. i. 14: Ta mee fo kiangley chammah da ny Greekyn as da ny Barbarianee, chammah da'n (vooinjer) ynsit, as da'n neu-ynsit. [I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise]
slane-ynsit, a. perfect; Isa. xlii. 19: Quoi ta cha doal rishyn ta slane ynsit, cha moal ayns soilshey as shirveishagh y Chiarn? [Who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?]
ynseydagh, s. m. a learner, a pupil, a scholar; pl. 71
ynseyder, s. m. a teacher; pl. -yn
ynsagh, s. m. learning, literature, erudition, instruction, doctrine; pl. -yn
ynsee, a. d. of learning or teaching
fer ynsee, s. m. a teacher, a taught person; s. m. a teacher
e er-ynsee, s. his teacher, mas F
fir ynsee, s. pl. teachers, taught persons; s. pl. teachers, instructers
ynsagh-lioaragh, s. m. book learning, the use of letters, in contradistinction to the learning of any thing else
ynsagh-keayin, s. <f>[m]. navigation
ynsoil, a. teachable, able to learn
yskan, s. an ell; pl. -yn
yskid, s. shank or hough. [EDD: The hock of an animal; the leg or lower part of the thigh of a man; the ham, thigh, hip]; pl. -yn; 2 Sam. viii. 4: …as yiare David feh-yskid ooilley ny cabbil fainee, agh haue eh keead jeu son whilleen fainagh. […and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots;]; Josh. xi. 9: As ren Joshua roo myr doardee yn Chiarn da: yiare eh feh yskid nyn gabbil, as losht eh nyn vainee lesh aile [And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire)]; the part an animal has below the trunk of the body; yskidyn liauyrey [long shanks]
