Manx

See also: manx

English

Bunscoill Ghaelgagh. This is, as of c. 2024, the world's only school where lessons are taught primarily or exclusively in Manx.

Alternative forms

• Manks (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

Also influenced by Manx Manninagh, an adjectival form of Mannin (“Isle of Man”), Isle of Man; cf Scottish Gaelic Manainneach and Irish Manannach.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mănks, IPA^(key): /mæŋks/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋks
• Homophone: Mancs

Adjective

Manx (comparative more Manx, superlative most Manx)

1. Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.
2. Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
3. Relating to the Manx cat breed.

Derived terms

• Anglo-Manx
• Manx English
• Manxie
• Manxman
• Manxness
• Manxwoman

 

A cat of the Manx breed

Translations

relating to the Isle of Man and/or its people

• Catalan: manx (ca) c, manès m (colloquial)

  Valencian: manés (ca) m

• Dutch: Manx (nl)
• French: mannois (fr)
• Icelandic: manskur m
• Irish: Manannach
• Manx: Manninagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mansk

  Nynorsk: mansk

• Portuguese: manês (pt) m
• Russian: мэ́нский (ru) (mɛ́nskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Manainneach
• Welsh: Manawaidd
• Yiddish: מאַנקס (manks), מאַנקסיש (manksish)

relating to the Manx language

• Dutch: Manx (nl)
• Irish: Gaeilge Mhanann f, Manainnis f
• Manx: Gaelg (gv), Gaelg Vanninagh, Manninish
• Portuguese: manês (pt) m
• Welsh: Manaweg (cy)
• Yiddish: מאַנקס (manks), מאַנקסיש (manksish), די מאַנקסישע שפּראַך (di manksishe shprakh)

relating to the Manx cat breed

• Irish: cat Manannach m

Noun

Manx (countable and uncountable, plural Manx or Manxes)

1. A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
2. (collective, in the plural) the Manx; Manx people.
3. A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.
4. (by extension) With a truncated or missing tail.
   • 1962, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage:

     At the rear there is a cut-off Manx tail, similar to those of the early Cooper sports cars, and as currently used by Feirari.

   • 2006, Colin Patterson, Pet Rats, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:

     The Manx Rat: This tailless rat variety is usually smaller than the standard rat with front legs that are shorter than its hind legs.

   • 2016 April 29, Rebecca Boyle, “Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], New Scientist:
5. A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

Synonyms

• (cat of the Manx breed) Manx cat

Translations

Manx person

• Dutch: Manxman (nl) m, Manxe (nl) f
• French: Mannois (fr) m, Mannoise (fr) f
• Icelandic: Manverji m
• Irish: Manannach m
• Manx: Manninagh m
• Portuguese: manês (pt) m, manesa (pt) f

Manx cat breed

• Dutch: manx
• Irish: cat Manannach m
• Manx: stubbin (colloquial)

cat of the Manx breed (these are translations of the word alone; for translations of the phrase "Manx cat", see Manx cat)

• Esperanto: Manksa kato
• French: manx (fr) m
• Irish: Manannach m
• Japanese: マンクス (Mankusu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manx m

  Nynorsk: manx m

• Polish: manx (pl) m

Proper noun

Manx

1. (uncountable) A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

   Synonym: Manx Gaelic

Translations

a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man

• Armenian: մեներեն (meneren), մենական լեզու (menakan lezu)
• Belarusian: мэ́нкская мо́ва f (ménkskaja móva), мэ́нкская f (ménkskaja)
• Breton: manaveg (br) m
• Catalan: manx (ca) m, gaèlic manx m, (colloquial) manès m, (colloquial) gaèlic manès m

  Valencian: manés (ca) m, gaèlic manés m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬恩語／马恩语 (Mǎ'ēnyǔ)

• Dutch: Manx (nl) n, Manx-Gaelisch n
• Esperanto: manksa
• Finnish: manksi (fi)
• French: mannois (fr) m, manxois (fr) m
• German: Manx (de), Manx-Gälisch (de)
• Icelandic: manska (is) f, Manar-gelíska f
• Irish: Gaeilge Mhanann f, Manainnis f
• Manx: Gaelg (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mansk m, manx m

  Nynorsk: mansk m, manx m

• Polish: manx (pl) m
• Portuguese: manx m, manquês (pt) m, manês (pt) m
• Romanian: galeză Manx f
• Russian: мэнский (ru) (mɛnskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig Mhanainneach f
• Spanish: manés (es)
• Swedish: manx (sv), manniska (sv) c
• Turkish: Manş Dili
• Volapük: män (vo)
• Welsh: Manaweg (cy) m or f

See also

• Cymric, the long-haired version of the Manx cat breed.
• Wiktionary's coverage of Manx terms

Further reading

• Manx language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Manx (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Manx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (for the cat breed)
• Manx - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary
• Learn Manx
• ISO 639-1 code gv, ISO 639-3 code glv (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Manx, glv ⁠

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋks/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

Manx

1. of, or relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celtic people
2. of, or relating to Manx Gaelic

Proper noun

Manx n

1. Manx Gaelic, the Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man

German

Alternative forms

• Manks

Etymology

From English Manx, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mana, Mǫn (“Isle of Man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋks/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Manx n (strong, genitive Manx or Manx', no plural)

1. Manx Gaelic (the Celtic (Goidelic) language spoken on the Isle of Man)

Declension

Declension of Manx [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Manx
genitive	eines	des	Manx, Manx'
dative	einem	dem	Manx
accusative	ein	das	Manx

Related terms

• Manx-Gälisch
• Manx-Katze