eaghtyrane

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish úachtarán. By surface analysis, eaghtyr +‎ -ane. Cognate to Irish uachtarán and Scottish Gaelic uachdaran.

Noun

eaghtyrane m (genitive singular eaghtyrane, plural eaghtyraneyn)

president
Cha row ayn agh ennym eaghtyrane.
The president was only a figurehead.

V'eh er ny ghoaill rish myr Eaghtyrane.
He was acknowledged as President.

Derived terms

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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