jiass

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”). Cognate with Irish deas and Scottish Gaelic deas.

Pronunciation

Noun

jiass m (genitive singular jiass, no plural)

  1. south
    T'eh ceau yn geurey ayns jiass ny Frank. ― He winters in the south of France.
    Ardjyn y Jiass ― The South Polar Regions.

Adjective

jiass

  1. south, southern
    Affrickagh Jiass ― South African; Southern African
    Kione Jiass y Theihill ― Antarctica (literally, “Southern Head (or End) of the World”)

See also

Manx adverbs of direction and position
Motion toward Stationary
position at		 Motion from
up seose heose neose
down sheese heese neese
east shiar, my hiar hiar niar
west/back sheear, my heear heear neear
north my hwoaie twoaie twoaie
south my yiass jiass jiass, niass
northeast shiar hwoaie hiar hwoaie niar hwoaie
northwest sheear hwoaie heear hwoaie neear hwoaie
southeast shiar yiass hiar yiass niar yiass
southwest sheear yiass heear yiass neear yiass
over there noon hoal noal
over here — wass —
inside stiagh sthie —
outside magh mooie —

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
jiass yiass n'yiass
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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