Fockleyreen: Manx - English Dictionary

savoury (n., adj.) aunlyn, blasstagh; blaystal

tasteful (adj.) blassagh; blaystal; blastallagh

dainty (n.) bee naightee; (adj.) dendeays, dendeaysagh, naightee; blaystal: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat - Myr shen dy vel e vea jiooldey rish arran, as e annym rish bee blaystal Bible; mettey; millish: and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee - as dy chooilley nhee va millish as mie, er n’immeeaght voïd Bible

expressive (adj.) blaystal; dreaghagh; lane dy vree; trome-cheayllagh

seasoned blastal: Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt - Lhig da’n ghlare eu dy kinjagh ve jeant blastal lesh y sollan dy ghrayse Bible; blasstal, blaystal; cliaghtit, faagit

sweet (n.) bee millish, milljan; (adj.) bing, meen, oor, blaystal; s’millish; millish: Sweet to take but bitter to pay - Millish dy ghoaill agh sharroo dy eeck. DF idiom

arran (=Ir. arán) bread, soft tack: As hug ee yn bee blaystal, as yn arran v'ee er n'aarlaghey Bible

bee1 diet, feed, food, nourishment, provisions: As aarlee bee blaystal dou, lheid as shinney lhiam Bible; victuals; be, will be: As bee yn goll-twoaie ayns y vodjal Bible

beishteig (f.) pl. beishteigyn crawler, creepy-crawly, insect; reptile; worm: nee'n beishteig beaghey dy blaystal er Bible; coil

braddagh dishonest, thieving, thievish: S’millish ta ushtaghyn braddagh as arran eeit dy follit, te blaystal Bible

fer noa parvenu: Ny treig dty henn charrey, son cha vel fer noa dy ve soylit huggey: ta carrey noa myr feeyn noa, tra te er n’aase shenn, nee oo giu eh dy blaystal. Apoc

gyn blass flavourless, savourless, tasteless: Ta bee blaystal da beeal gyn blass, myr mooarane gien er beeal yn oaie. Apoc

thoyrtys sacrifice, oblation: As dagh thoyrtys jeh dty oural-arran, nee uss y yannoo blaystal lesh sollan Bible

worm1 (n.) beisht; beishteig: The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him - Nee’n vreïn eshyn y yarrood; nee’n beishteig beaghey dy blaystal er Bible; crooag: it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein - cha ren eh breinaghey, chamoo va crooag ayn Bible; dhiane: How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? - Cre-woad sloo dooinney, ta ny veishteig, as yn mac dooinney, ta myr y dhiane. Bible; peishteig; tayrneyder

cur er 1 apply, ascribe, compel, devolve, don, force, impose, induce, inflict, lead, oblige, persuade, turn on a: Cur er dty harvaant dy ghoaill taitnys ayns shen ny ta mie Bible; 2 affectation; 3 on occasion; 4 affectedness; 5 imposition; 6 causing: As glare dty veeal myr y feeyn share, son my ghraih ta goll sheese dy blaystal, cur er ny meillyn cadlagh dy loayrt Bible; 7 placed

jiooldey deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negative, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, traverse; loathe: Ta'n annym lane jiooldey rish yn eer kere-volley Bible; thrust out: Myr shoh ren Solomon jiooldey rish Abiathar nagh beagh eh saggyrt y Chiarn Bible; cast off: Neem’s Judah myrgeddin y scughey ass my hilley myr ta mee er scughey Israel, as jiooldey voym yn ard-valley shoh Jerusalem Bible; abhor: Myr shen dy vel e vea jiooldey rish arran, as e annym rish bee blaystal Bible; dismissal, negation, renouncement, rejection, repudiation

miandagh desirable; desirous: ny lhig dty aigney ve miandagh er e vee blaystal Bible; fanciful; lustful: As ren earrooyn elley jeh ny joarreeyn va ny mast' oc gaase miandagh Bible; covert: Son saynt argid fraue dy chooilley olk: da’n chooid cheddin choud as va paart miandagh er bible; fond of: Vel shiu miandagh er bainney? JJK; selfish; addict, craver