fastyr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fescor, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognate with Irish feascar.

Noun

fastyr m (genitive singular fastyragh)

  1. evening, afternoon
    C'raad t’ou taaghey ’syn astyr?
    Where do you hang out in the evening?
    Haink yn fastyr er.
    The evening arrived.
    Lieh-ghroamey dy liooar va’n fastyr.
    The evening passed none too gaily.
  2. vesper

Mutation

Mutation of fastyr
radical lenition eclipsis
fastyr astyr vastyr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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