kegeesh

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cóicthiges, apparently a compound of cóic (five) and deich (ten); compare Welsh pythefnos (fortnight, literally fifteen nights) and Breton pemzektez (fortnight, literally fifteen days).[1] Cognate with Irish coicís.

Noun

kegeesh f (plural kegeeshyn)

  1. fortnight
    Three kegeeshyn dy chegeeshyn slane, ta voish laa’l Thomys sy Nollick gys laa’l Breeshey BaneThree fortnights of fortnights whole; these are from St. Thomas’ Day in Christmas to White St. Bridget’s Day. (proverb)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
kegeesh chegeesh gegeesh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóicthiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language