Cheers in Manx
Slaynt vie
In Manx, the phrase to know first is "Slaynt vie!" (Cheers! Good health!). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
The Manx toast is Slaynt vie!, "good health". Below are the toasts from the dictionary. Each phrase comes with a short note on when to use it.
Greetings
Slaynt vie!
Cheers! Good health!
The usual toast.
Shoh slaynt!
Cheers!
Literally "here's health".
Shoh hood!
Cheers! Bottoms up!
Literally "this to you".
Useful words
slaynt
health
The word behind the toasts.
About the words
Slaynt means health; it comes from Old Irish sláinte and is related to Irish sláinte and Scottish Gaelic slàinte. Phil Kelly's English–Manx dictionary gives "cheers" as Shoh hood, Slaynt vie and Shoh slaynt, and "good health" as Slaynt vie.
Common questions
How do you say cheers in Manx?
Slaynt vie!
Cheers in the other Celtic languages
Further reading
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Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: Cheers
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: Good Health
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): Manx–English: Slaynt vie
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): Manx–English: Shoh hood
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: Bottoms up
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