shamyr

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chambre (compare Scottish Gaelic seòmar, Irish seomra), from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Noun

shamyr f (genitive singular shamyr, plural shamyryn)

1. room

   Daag eh ee ny shassoo ayns mean ny shamyr. ― He left her standing in the middle of the room.

2. chamber
3. compartment

Derived terms

• shamyr aarlagh, shamyr aarlee (“kitchen, galley, caboose”)
• shamyr chadjin (“common room”)
• shamyr chadlee chlienney (“night nursery”)
• shamyr chlea (“attic”)
• shamyr chleree (“office”)
• shamyr chlienney (“nursery”)
• shamyr chlou (“print room”)
• shamyr chluig (“belfry”)
• shamyr chooat (“cloakroom”)
• shamyr choonseilagh (“council chamber”)
• shamyr chraueyn (“ossuary”)
• shamyr eaddee (“cloakroom; vestry, sacristy”)
• shamyr faagee (“departure lounge”)
• shamyr failt (“reception room; presence chamber; auditorium”)
• shamyr feeyney (“wine vault”)
• shamyr follym (“vacant room”)
• shamyr ghas (“gas chamber”)
• shamyr ghaunse (“ballroom”)
• shamyr ghorraghey (“darkroom”)
• shamyr lhiabbagh (“bedroom, bedchamber”)

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
shamyr	hamyr after "yn", çhamyr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.