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)

1. 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”)
• Çheer Vannee
• co-heeragh
• graih çheerey
• graihder çheerey
• kiaull çheerey

Mutation

Mutation of çheer

radical	lenition	eclipsis
çheer	heer	jeer

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