arbyl

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish erball (compare Irish eireaball, Scottish Gaelic earball).

Noun

arbyl m (genitive singular arbyl, plural arbyllyn)

(anatomy) tail
Synonym: famman

Derived terms

caillagh veg yn arbyl (“long-tailed tit”)

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “erball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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