jeir

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • zjeir

Noun

jeir n (uncountable)

  1. (Brabant) soil

Derived terms

  • potjeir (“clay”)
  • jeirbees (“strawberry”)

References

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒeːr/
  • (as plural) IPA(key): /dʒeːrʲ/[1]

Noun

jeir m (genitive singular jeirree, plural jeïr or jeiryn or jeirnyn)

  1. tear, a teardrop

Mutation

Mutation of jeir
radical lenition eclipsis
jeir yeir n'yeir

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

References

  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 264
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