jeeragh

Manx

From Old Irish díriuch; synchronically jeer +‎ -agh. Cognate with Irish díreach.

jeeragh

straight, straightforward, rigid, lineal
Hie eh dy jeeragh lesh y voayrd. ― He made a bee-line for the table.

Jimmee eh jeeragh roish. ― He went straight forward.

Roie eh jeeragh stiagh ayns eddin y voalley. ― He ran smash into the wall.
sincere, faithful, candid, honest, frank, direct
just, true, due, strict, exact, precise
Dy jeeragh! ― Precisely! Quite!

Quoid dy jeeragh t'ayn? ― Just how many are there?
erect, plumb, point-blank

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
jeeragh	yeeragh	n'yeeragh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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