çheer

See also: cheer and Cheer

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

çheer f (genitive singular çheerey, plural çheeraghyn)

  1. land, country, state, territory, shore
    Çheer gyn çhengey, çheer gyn ennym. ― A country without a language is a country without a name.
    Cheau mee laa er y çheer. ― I spent a day in the country.
    Daag ad y çheer oc. ― They left their country.
    Hie eh ass y çheer. ― He went abroad.
    Jimmee eh trooid yn çheer. ― He passed through the country.
    S'foddey yn çheer shen. ― That's a far country.
    Shimmey yn tonn eddyr y lhong as y çheer. ― Many is the wave between the ship and the shore.
    T'ee çheu hoal ny çheerey. ― She is on the other side of the country.
    T'eh cummal ayns mean ny çheerey. ― He lives in the middle of the country.
    T'eh foast ayns çheer ny bioee. ― He is still in the land of the living.
    Ta'n awin yn slyst eddyr yn daa heer. ― The river separates the two countries.

Derived terms

  • Çheer ny Aeg (“Tír na nÓg”, literally “land of the youth”)
  • Çheer Vannee
  • co-heeragh
  • graih çheerey
  • graihder çheerey
  • kiaull çheerey

Mutation

Mutation of çheer
radical lenition eclipsis
çheer heer jeer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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