moghrey

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mochrád, a corruption of mochtráth (“early hour”) (compare Scottish Gaelic mochthrath), from moch (“early”) + tráth (“hour, period, time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mox(ə)rə/, /moxərʲi/

Noun

moghrey m (genitive singular moghree, plural moghreeyn)

1. morning

   Cha nel mee aym pene moghrey jiu. ― I am not feeling quite the thing this morning.

   Moghrey mie! / Moghrey dhyt! ― Good morning!

   Ta mee goll ny quail dagh moghrey as t'ee çheet my whail. ― I meet her every morning and she meets me.

   Va mee loayrt rish er y çhellvane moghrey jiu. ― I was on to him on the phone this morning.

   Va'n moghrey kiune as aalin. ― The morning was calm and fair.

Synonyms

• maddin

Mutation

Mutation of moghrey

radical	lenition	eclipsis
moghrey	voghrey	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language