molteyr
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) + -teyr
Noun
[edit]molteyr m (genitive singular molteyr, plural molteyryn)
Derived terms
[edit]- molteyragh (“fallacious, insidious, fraudulent, deceptive; captivating”)
- molteyraght (“deceit, deceitfulness; captivation”)
Mutation
[edit]| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| molteyr | volteyr | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||