shamyr
Manx edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French chambre (compare Scottish Gaelic seòmar, Irish seomra), from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shamyr f (genitive singular shamyr, plural shamyryn)
- room
- Daag eh ee ny shassoo ayns mean ny shamyr. ― He left her standing in the middle of the room.
- chamber
- compartment
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Manx mutation | ||
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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. |