Good luck in Manx
Aigh vie ort
In Manx, the phrase to know first is "Aigh vie ort!" (Good luck to you! (one person)). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
Good luck in Manx is Aigh vie ort. Below are the wishes from the dictionary. Each phrase comes with a short note on when to use it.
Greetings
Aigh vie ort!
Good luck to you! (one person)
Ort is "on you", singular.
Oorey vie ort!
Good luck to you! (to one person)
Another wish from the dictionary.
Noorey vie ort!
Good luck to you! (to one person)
A variant of Oorey vie ort.
Useful words
aigh mie
good luck
The noun phrase, as in a Bible line: Aigh mie dy row lhiat.
About the words
Aigh means luck; it comes from Old Irish ád, like Irish ádh. Phil Kelly's English–Manx dictionary gives "good luck to you" as Oorey vie ort, Noorey vie ort or Aigh vie ort, with the example Aigh vie ort lesh ansherbee, "good luck to you with it anyway".
Common questions
How do you say good luck in Manx?
Aigh vie ort!
Good luck 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: Good luck to you
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): Manx–English: Aigh vie ort
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: good luck
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