queiggey

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cóiced (“province, fifth”), from cóic (“five”) (compare queig).

Noun

queiggey m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. province, fifth part of Ireland
    Shoh Queiggey Mooan. ― This is Munster.

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
queiggeywheiggeygueiggey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “cóiced” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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