garroo

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish garb (compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic garbh), from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Welsh garw (“coarse”)).

Adjective

garroo

  1. rough, coarse, jagged
  2. rough, stormy (of sea)
  3. rude, ill-mannered, vulgar (of person)
  4. uneven (of ground)
  5. stubbly

Mutation

Mutation of garroo
radical lenition eclipsis
garroo gharroo ngarroo

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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