doltey

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Manx[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish daltae.

Noun[edit]

doltey m (genitive singular doltee, plural doltaghyn)

  1. adopted child, ward
  2. pupil, protégé
  3. cadet
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

doltey m (genitive singular doltey, plural doltaghyn)

  1. verbal noun of dolt
  2. initiation

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doltey gholtey noltey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.