Fockleyreen: Manx - English Dictionary

CD (n.) JC

compact disk (n.) JC, jysk cumir

caillin aeg damsel: She caillin aeg bwoyagh ee, aalin erskyn insh! JC

Cheen (f.) (Yn) China: Ayns Jerrey Fouyir 1911 va mee ayns Hankow 'sy Cheen JC

Awin Veg Little River: honnick eh, 'sy lheeannee faggys da'n awin veg ayns shen, ferrishyn daunsey mygeayrt as bayrnyn jiargey as cooatyn geayney orroo! JC

Balley Sallagh Ballasalla: Va mee ruggit ayns Balley Chashtal 'sy vlein 1887 as va my ayr Thomaase y Comish ruggit cheumooie jeh Balley Sallagh 'sy vlein 1856. JC

ben ruy (f.) redhead: haink y ven thie magh ass e thie as hass ee er y ghreeish, v'ee ny ben ruy as stoamey as thollee mysh jeih bleeaney as feed d'eash as kiare paitchyn eck. JC

chroymm hung: Cha lheah's va mee er loayrt, chroymm ish e kione derrey v'ee jeeaghyn er y voayrd, as dooyrt ee, red beg ny s'troshey, "Cre ta Chiarn jannoo?" JC; dropped

colloon column: She'n red cheddin v'ayn lesh "Corneil ny Baitchyn", colloon ayns Baarle as Gaelg JC

coloayrt chat, confabulate, converse, parley: Tra honnick mee uss as ish coloayrt ayns shen gollrish daa henn charrey, ren mee bunnys tuittym er y lout! JC

Connor Connor: G'imraa yn Rullick Malew, s'cooin lhiam y chenn ghooinney va ny ' sexton ' ayns shen, enmyssit Jimmy Connor JC

craplaghey cockle, contract, corrugate, crinkle, purse, wrinkle: dooyrt ee, craplaghey e stroin veg, as feoh dowin ayns e coraa. JC; stunt

cronyn lots; stains: Cre'n fa ta ny cronyn beggey shen er dty vollee? JC

dy lheah early, promptly: Dy lheah ren shin cosheeaght seose straid Sheenagh dooie as cre'n straid v'ayn! JC

eabbey attempt, try: ren mee eabbey ny s'diuney dy chosney fys smoo mychione y chooish JC; effort; postulate

Eoineen Jack, Johnnie, Shauneen: Yiarragh ad dy jarroo, "Cha chionneemayd dty arran Eoineen, er lhimmey vees Gaelg ayd! JC

feayn-foshlit gaping, wide open: hass eh ayns shen lane thanvaanit lesh shen v'eh er n'akin, e hooillyn as e veeal feayn-foshlit jeeaghyn orrin. JC; wide awake

gareydys gardening: kiart dy liooar tra veagh ee loayrit ny mastey Manninee jeh'n kynney injil, lhied as adsyn va gimman carriads da'n ooashlaght as adsyn va jannoo gareydys as y lhied. JC

geayl fuinnit coke: V'ad er n'aagail Hamburg lughtit lesh geayl as geayl fuinnit JC

ginsh skeealyn telling yarns: Myr dooyrt mee, cha jinnagh yn dooinney shoh ginsh skeealyn er chor erbee. JC

Jerrey Fouyir (=Ir. Deireadh Fómhair) October: yns Jerrey Fouyir 1911 va mee ayns Hankow 'sy Cheen, yn ard valley ta. JC

jystyn dishes: Mysh tree cluig lurg munlaa, ta shen dy ghra, lieh oor lurg 'nane er y chlag, ghow mee yn ushtey va ny jystyn er ve strullit ayn as cheau mee eh harrish cheu ny lhuingey JC

Kanys ta shiu (interrog.) How are you: Dinsh mee da dy row mee ayns slaynt vie as vrie mee jeh "Kanys ta shiu hene?" JC

keishtyn questions: Cha nel fer erbee ayn dy chur freggyrt da ny keishtyn shen, agh my ta shin er ve ayns shoh roie, cre'n fa nagh vel cooinaghtyn ain jeh? JC

kern pawn; pl. kernyn soldier, yeoman: Ta kern yn fockle kiart son "soldier" as eshyn, T'ad gra 'sidoor' nish agh cha nee kiart eh. JC

Laa Luanistyn First of August, Lammas Day: Fakin dy row foast kuse dy laghyn roish Laa Luanistyn, ren mee eabbey ny s'diuney dy chosney fys smoo mychione y chooish JC

lhie hoalley1 childbirth, confinement: v'eh baghtal ry akin dy row ee torragh as faggys da'n traa lhie hoalley eck. JC

loayrit rish (crowd) addressed: Hass mish lesh yn fockle scruit as hass my ayr lesh yn aght va Gaelg er ve loayrit rish sheeloghyn gyn earroo! JC

meeyllagh insectlike, pedicular; lousy, verminous: Va mee hannah er ve gys yn Egypt as gys y Cheayn Doo rish  queig marrinyssyn as va mee skee jeeaghyn er ny hEgyptee meeyllagh breinn as ny  sooillyn doghanit ocsyn JC

moghrey laa ny vairagh next morning: Moghrey laa ny vairagh erreish dooin faagail Batavia, beggan ny lurg yn hoghtoo oor, honnick mee guilley mysh yn eash shen cheet veih cheu elley ny lhong JC

neuvaynrey miserable, sad, unhappy: Yn Roosh Chasherick, ny Yn Roosh Anjeeagh, cheer neuvaynrey dy jarroo! JC

Niar Foddey (Y); (The) Far East: Ta mee er ve shiaulley mygeayrt y theihll rish ny smoo na daeed vlein, son y chooid smoo 'sy Niar Foddey, as ta mee er n'akin ram buill foayssagh. JC

ordaagagh butter-fingered, clumsy: hass mee jeeaghyn er yn uinnag, goaill yindys quoi erbee va fosley yn uinnag er aght cha ordaagagh. JC

rieughid actuality, authenticity, realism, reality: Ta shin fakin reddyn quaagh ayns ashlishyn ny hoie as ny s'anmey t'ad cheet ayns rieughid JC

Skeerey Braddan Braddan: V'eh yn chied er ny ruggyr jeh lught thie mooar, berchagh voish Skeerey Braddan. JC

sleab pl. sleabyn slave, thrall: Ny yei shen as ooilley, ta mee my sleab as ta mee goaill foddeeaght ny yei seyrsnys. JC

sleayst (f.) pl. sleaystyn shovel: yeeagh mee orroo, lane dy yerkallys mie, "Cre t'er y sleayst eu, ghuillyn?" JC; fan

tostid dowin heavy silence: Harry son tammylt ny host, as dy chooilley nane foast briaght jeh, c'raad va'n aile, as fy-yerrey hrog Harry seose e laue, as huitt dagh unnane ayns tostid dowin. JC

traghtallee sleab slavers: Haink traghtallee sleab er niart dys my valley veg cheerey er oie as cha dod shinyn shassoo nyn oi rish foddey. JC; slave traders

vrie enquired: Vrie mee jeh Illiam kys v'eh dy row y ven flah ayns cabbane y chleree, as dreggyr eh, "Foddee dy vel yn ayr eck er chionnaghey y shamyr cour y turrys," JC

teaym (f.) attack, bout, fit, paroxysm, seizure, spasm, swoon: Teaym noa dy hingys. DF; caprice, fad, mood, notion, vagary, whim: va fys mie aym dy row Thom ny ghooinney breagagh, as v'eh meshtalagh neesht, as ny "lhiam-lhiat" myr ta sleih ennagh tra ta teaym ocsyn er red erbee JC