accrys

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras,[1] cognate with Irish ocras and Scottish Gaelic acras.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akrəs/, [ˈaːɣərəs]

Noun

accrys m (genitive singular accrys, no plural)

  1. hunger, craving
    Ta accrys orrym
    I am hungry
    Yiowmayd baase liorish accrys mannagh jean mayd roshtyn yn thalloo
    We will die of hunger if we don't reach the land

References

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