See also: ynnyd

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish init, from Latin initium (beginning),[1] as it refers to the beginning of Lent. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic and Irish Inid.

Proper noun

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Yn Ynnyd f

  1. (Christianity) Shrovetide

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ynnyd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language