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toshee1 chief, commencing, fore, forward, front, precursory, pre-eminent, prefatory, preliminary, primary, senior, terminal; (gen.) of the beginning: va nyn ayraghyn dooys myr mess toshee yn villey-figgagh ’sy chied imbagh Bible; pack
fer toshee foremost person, leader, pioneer: Er-lhiam dy vel kesmad y fer toshee goll-rish kesmad Ahimaaz Bible
leader ard-art; ard-reiltagh; fer toshee: He was leader in deed though not in name - V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er. DF idiom; kione toshee; kione-fenee; leadeilagh, leeideilagh; leeideiltagh; oayllagh; toshiagh
prow (n.) bow, gob lhuingey, kione keyl lhuiney, kione lhuingey, kione toshee lhuingey, staim toshee, toshiaght lhuingey
figurehead (n.) ennym; jalloo toshee
forequarter (n.) kerroo toshee
introductory words (n.) goan toshee
shalee-toshee (f.) pilot project: Ta Coonceil Ghoolish sursmooinaghtyn mychione ceau feed meeilley punt er shalee-toshee syn ard. BS
front eddin: The front of the house - Eddin y thie. DF idiom; oaie: The front of the house - Oaie y thie. DF idiom; (n.) breid, broghil, glaare; toshee: Front-line soldiers - Sidooryn toshee. DF idiom; (v.) cur eddin er, cur oaie er
theme music (n.) kiaull-cowree; (film, TV, etc.) kiaull–toshee
-toshee (suf.) lead, first: Va ’sy derrey vaskad figgyn feer vie, eer casley rish figgyn appee yn vess toshee Bible
toshee-yioarree coroners, sheriffs: dy haglym cooidjagh ny princeyn, ny kiannoortyn, ny captanyn, ny briwnyn, ny fir-tashtee, ny fir-choyrlee ny toshee-yioarree as ooilley fir-reill ny rheamyn Bible
bow1 (n.) bow, bhow, builley toshee, imlaght, sock; (v.) cammey, croymmey, lhoobey, loobey, obbraghey y bow, sleaghtey
chief (pref.) ard-; (n.) ard-er, ard-ghooinney, eaghtyrane, fer-syrjey, kiannoort, kionard, kione, kione reiltagh, toshiagh, triah; (adj.) mooar, toshee
foremost (adj.) red toshee; 'sy toshiaght: And he put the handmaids and their children foremost - As hug eh ny sharvaantyn, as y chloan ocsyn ’sy toshiaght Bible
foremost person (n.) fer toshee: And he commanded the foremost - As hug eh currym er yn fertoshee Bible
forward1 lheah, mogh-appee, shenn-chreeney; er toshiaght: The seat is too far forward - Ta'n soieag rour er toshiaght. DF idiom; ry-heet; toshee; er oaie: Carry it forward - Cur er oaie eh. DF idiom
latter fer jerrinagh; jerrinagh: The latter days - Ny heashyn jerrinagh. DF idiom; stierree: I prefer the former to the latter - Share lhiam y fer toshee harrish y fer s'jerree. DF idiom
senior1 kied; shanstyr; shanstyragh; (ny) shinney: He is two years senior to me - T'eh daa vlein ny shinney na mish. DF idiom; toshee
screeudeyrys writing: Va'n screeudeyrys shoh, ard-chummaghtagh ayns bleeantyn toshee yn agglish, er nakin son y traa s'jerree sy nuyoo keead. Dhoor
first (yn) chied: You have been the first to come to see us - Ta shiu yn chied phersoon dy chur shilley orrin. JJK idiom; kied; toshiagh: I had considerable trouble at first - Va mooarane boirey aym ec y toshiaght. JJK idiom; (suf.) -toshee; hoshiaght: First the house was burnt and then the church - Hoshiaght va'n thie loshtit as eisht yn cheeill. JJK idiom
lead1 (v.) coyrt, cur, leeideil, leeideill, lhomey laue, scair, shiaullee, stiurey, toshiaght, reaghey; leeid: Lead the way, please, and I will follow you - Leeid yn raad my sailliu, as eiyrym erriu. JJK idiom; cur er: He spoke in such a manner, as to lead us to think that he was quite innocent - Loayr eh er lheid yn aght, myr dy chur orrin smooinaghtyn dy row eh slane oney. JJK idiom; (n.) caabyl, streir, yeeal, ard-ayrn; (suf.) -toshee
race (n.) area, arey, clash, race, stroo; dooghys, reis; ratch, ratçh: Leading car in a race - Gleashtan toshee ayns ratch. DF idiom; roie: His race is run - Ta'n roie echey roit. DF idiom; kynney: The human race - Yn kynney deiney. DF idiom; sluight: He comes from a long race of seafaring men - Marrinnee va'n sluight echey er dy rieau. DF idiom; fraue; (v.) ratchal, roie ratch
treasurers (npl.) resowryn: make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river - cur magh sarey da ooilley ny resowryn ta cheu elley jeh’n awin Bible; stiurtyn: And I made treasurers over the treasuries - As hoie mee stiurtyn harrish ny thieyn-stoyr Bible; fir-tashtee: the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs - ny fir-tashtee, ny fir-choyrlee, ny toshee-yioarree Bible
bare lhiam I did prefer, I had rather, I would prefer: Bare lhiam y fer toshee harrish y fer s'jerree. DF S'bare lhiam myghin na oural: son cha daink mish dy eamagh er y vooinjer chairagh, agh er peccee gys arrys. Bible
cummeydagh able, competent, inventive, powerful, well-shaped: Ec y traa shen ren Paayl mac Valkey, fer-toshee yn Ellan Skianagh, as ny ghooinney cummeydagh lesh bree fud ny reeriaght Chron; (n.) old Manx sheep dog; schemer; pliable
cur sannish da suggest: Nish ren nane jeh ny fir-toshee smoo niartal, enmyssit Guilleychollym, cur sannish da Sorley mychione yn argid shoh. Chron
fir-tashtee treasurers: Eisht hug Nebuchadnezzar y ree chaghteraght dy haglym cooidjagh ny princeyn, ny kiannoortyn, ny captanyn, ny briwnyn, ny fir-tashtee, ny fir-choyrlee, ny toshee-yioarree Bible
sheshaght-cheirdey (f.) trade union: Ayns shid, ren fir-toshee sheshaght-cheirdey meeiteil rish lught-reirey Phost Reeoil syn eab s'jerree dy haghney stholk. BS
speeikearys reconnaissance, spying: va Oldfield yn fer-toshee jeh MI6, yn rheynn follit shen jeh reiltys Hostyn ta caggey noi speeikearys joarree (as, gyn ourys, noi rheynnyn elley jeh reiltys Hostyn hene). Carn
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