See also: sheer

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sír (lasting, constant) (compare Irish síor-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).

Prefix

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sheer-

  1. continuous, endless, permanent, interminable, perpetual, ceaseless, persistent, lasting, continual, unending, constant

Derived terms

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Mutation

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