Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gorm (blue), from Proto-Celtic *gurmos, of uncertain (possibly non-Indo-European) origin.[1] Cognate with Welsh gwrm (dusky).

Adjective

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gorrym

  1. blue
  2. black (skin colour)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gorrym ghorrym ngorrym
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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Colors in Manx · daaghyn (layout · text)
     bane      lheeah      doo
             jiarg; feer-yiarg              jiarg-bwee; dhone              bwee; bane-wuigh
                          geayney, glass             
                          gorrym-ghlass, speyr-ghorrym              gorrym
             plooreenagh              jiarg gorrym              jiarg-bane

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gurmo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169