jeean

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dían (“swift, rapid”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *deinos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase away”); compare Ancient Greek δίεμαι (díemai, “hasten”), Sanskrit दीयति (dī́yati, “fly”).[2] Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic dian.

Adjective

jeean (comparative s’jeeaney)

  1. earnest, keen, zealous, eager, diligent
  2. intense, fervent, intensive, vehement, ardent
  3. sudden
  4. businesslike

Antonyms

  • neuyeean

Derived terms

  • ard-jeean
  • jeeanagh
  • jeeanid

Mutation

Mutation of jeean
radical lenition eclipsis
jeean yeean n'yeean

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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