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Where does “giarrey” come from?

giarrey (Manx) comes from Old Irish gerrad — cutting, lopping, felling.

giarrey (Manx): verbal noun of giar; curtailment

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of giar; curtailment

Ancestry of “giarrey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgerradcutting, lopping, felling

Words derived from “giarrey”

  • co-yiarrey
  • yn-yiarrey
  • so-yiarrey
Every word from Old Irish gerrad →