shassoo

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sessam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃasu/[1], [ˈʃaːsu], [ˈʃaːzu], [ˈʃaːðu]

Noun

shassoo m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. verbal noun of shass
  2. standing
    Daag eh ee ny shassoo ayns mean ny shamyr.
    He left her standing in the middle of the room.

Derived terms

  • shassoo noi (“objection, resistance, confrontation”)

Mutation

Mutation of shassoo
radical lenition eclipsis
shassoo hassoo
after "yn", çhassoo		 unchanged

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 73
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