Manx word

drogh

bad

n_m

drogh means “bad” in Manx and is used as a n_m.

Mutation forms

Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie.

A bad reaper never got a good sickle.

Cha jeanym drogh-hurn y chooilleeney son turn mie.

I won’t do a bad turn in exchange for a good turn.

Eshyn ta geddyn drogh chleuin t'eh coayl inneen.

He who gets a bad son-in-law loses a daughter.

Ec boayl y drogh haghyrt.

At the scene of the accident.

Drogh vaase ort!

Bad death on you!

Descriptions

aa-oe

great-grandchild

ard-saggyrt

high priest

beggan

a little bit

bwoirrin

female

cadjin

normal

doon

dooney

closing

dorraghey

dark

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