çhiu
See also: chiu and chiù
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish tiug (compare Scottish Gaelic tiugh, Irish tiubh), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
Adjective
çhiu (plural çheey, comparative çhee)
- thick
- stout, heavy
- (weather) foggy
- turbid
Derived terms
- co-hiu (“condense”, verb)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| çhiu | hiu | jiu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||