thalhear

Manx

Alternative forms

thalleyr

Etymology

From Middle Irish táilliúr (compare Scottish Gaelic tàillear, Irish táilliúir), from Anglo-Norman tailour (compare English tailor), from taillier (“to cut; to shape”), from Late Latin taliō.

Noun

thalhear m (genitive singular thalhearagh, plural thalhearyn)

tailor (person who makes, repairs, and alters clothes)

Derived terms

Terms derived from thalhear

ben-thalhear m (“tailoress”)
guiy thalhearagh m (“tailor's-goose”)

jalloo thalhearagh m (“tailor's-dummy”)
thalhearagh (“tailored”, adjective)

thalhearagh m, thalhearys m (“tailoring”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
thalhear	halhear	dhalhear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“táilliúr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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