çhymney
Manx
Etymology 1
From Old Irish timne (“command, precept, will, testament”), verbal noun of do·immna (“commits, entrusts, bequeaths, enjoins, commands”).
Noun
çhymney m (genitive singular çhymnee, plural çhymnaghyn)
- (law) will, testament
- Te ny share dy ve cooinit ayns padjer dooinney mie na dy ve, cooinit ayns çhymney dooinney berçhagh.
- Better to be remembered in the prayer of a good man than in the will of a rich man.
- bequeathing
Derived terms
- çhymnagh (“testamentary, testatory; testate”)
- çhymnaght (“testacy”)
- çhymnee (“pass down, leave, will, devise”)
- çhymneyder (“testator, bequeather, devisor”)
- neuhymnagh (“intestate; intestate person”)
- neuhymnaght (“intestacy”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| çhymney | hymney | jymney |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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