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 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.