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.

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