shynney
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From s' + a cranberry morpheme which may be cognate to Irish aoibhinn.
Phrase
[edit]shynney (past and conditional bynney, dependent form nhynney)
- love
- Shynney lhiam eh.
- I love him.
- Bynney lhiam çheet.
- I would love to come.
- eshyn shynney lesh e ven ― he who loves his wife
Usage notes
[edit]The subject of English love is rendered as the object of the preposition lesh; the verb is rendered as a verbal noun.