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)
- 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”)
- graih çheerey (“patriotism”)
- graihder çheerey (“patriot”)
- kiaull çheerey (“folk music”)
- Çheer Vannee
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| çheer | heer | jeer |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||