Welcome in Manx
Failt ort
In Manx, the phrase to know first is "Failt ort!" (Welcome! (to one person)). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
Welcome in Manx is Failt ort to one person and Failt erriu to more than one, or politely. Below are both, and the pattern for "welcome to" a place.
Greetings
Failt ort!
Welcome! (to one person)
Also used to mean "with pleasure".
Failt erriu!
Welcome! (to more than one, or polite)
Erriu is the plural or polite form.
Failt erriu gys …
Welcome to …
Add the place: the dictionary also gives Failt Erriu dys Skylley Vraddan, "Welcome to the Parish of Braddan".
Useful words
failt
welcome
The noun.
About the words
Failt, welcome, comes from Old Irish fáilte and is related to Irish fáilte. Ort is "on you" for one person and erriu the plural or polite form. The dictionary's examples include Failt Erriu dys Skylley Vraddan, "Welcome to the Parish of Braddan".
Common questions
How do you say welcome in Manx?
Failt ort to one person, Failt erriu to more than one, or politely.
Welcome 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): Manx–English: Failt ort
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): Manx–English: Failt erriu gys
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): Manx–English: Failt Erriu dys Skylley Vraddan
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: Welcome1
- Phil Kelly, Manx dictionaries (learnmanx.com, January 2026): English–Manx: Welcome to
- Learn Manx (Culture Vannin)
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