jeir

Dutch

Alternative forms

• zjeir

Noun

jeir n (uncountable)

1. (Brabant) soil

Derived terms

• potjeir (“clay”)
• jeirbees (“strawberry”)

References

• [1][2]

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeːr/
• (as plural) IPA^(key): /dʒeːrʲ/

Noun

jeir m (genitive singular jeirree, plural jeïr or jeiryn or jeirnyn)

1. tear, a teardrop

Mutation

Mutation of jeir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
jeir	yeir	n'yeir

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