jiass

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
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒas/

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 towardStationary
position at		Motion from
up seoseheoseneose
down sheeseheeseneese
east shiar, my hiarhiarniar
west/back sheear, my heearheearneear
north my hwoaietwoaietwoaie
south my yiassjiassjiass, niass
northeast shiar hwoaiehiar hwoaieniar hwoaie
northwest sheear hwoaieheear hwoaieneear hwoaie
southeast shiar yiasshiar yiassniar yiass
southwest sheear yiassheear yiassneear yiass
over there noonhoalnoal
over here —wass—
inside stiaghsthie—
outside maghmooie—

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
jiassyiassn'yiass
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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