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jeean (=Ir. dian) 1 ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, earnest, fervent, intense, intensive, keen, vehement, zealous a: ren eh aghin jeean huggey Bible; 2 sudden
aigney jeean resolution; great desire: Agh nish nagh vel arragh aym dy yannoo ayns ny ardjyn shoh, as myr te er ve my aigney jeean ny ymmodee bleeantyn shoh dy heet nyn raad Bible
chiass jeean zeal: ta obraghyn ny fyaly er fyss, shen ta aydsho: brishie pusi, mardrys, niauglenid, roauynys, ammys dy iallynyn, pishagyn, myskid, noidjys, chass ieen, korri, striif, irri magh, kyghla smunaghtyn. PB1610
dy jeean earnestly, hastily, suddenly, vehemently, zealously: ta mee dy jeean cooinaghtyn er dy kinjagh Bible; purpose
obbraghey dy jeean graft, toil: Va boodeeys Yernish ayn va arryltagh dy obbraghey dy jeean son y chengey. Carn
zealously (adv.) dy jeean; jeean: They zealously affect you - T’ad goaill orroo dy vel kenjallys jeean oc diu Bible
eager (n.) aggindagh; jeean: He is ready, yes, eager to come - T'eh aarloo, she, jeean dy heet. DF idiom
businesslike (adj.) abyl, jeean
keen1 foyragh; foyral; geayr; geyragh; jeean: He is a keen fisherman - T'eh ny eeasteyr jeean. DF idiom; shleeuit, shleeut; geyre: He has a keen sense of hearing - Ta cleayshyn geyre echey. DF idiom
zeal (n.) chiass jeean, eadolys, eadolid, graih jeean, graih vaanrit ayns craueeaght; jeeanid: Let us reward his zeal - Lhig dooin cur leagh da e yeeanid. JJK idiom
zealous (adj.) caarjagh, çheh, eadolagh, geadee, graysoil; jeean: because he was zealous for his God - er-yn-oyr dy row eh jeean son ooashley e Yee Bible
concentration2 (n.) (of mind) geill; jeean-tastey
disease2 (n.) (fast developing) jeean-ghorley
sexually precocious (adj.) cheh; er cannoo; jeean-appee
resolution (n.) aigney jeean, daanys, jeeskeaylley, kiarail, rheynn, skeaylley; cruinnys
cloak brat; breidaghey; breidey; ceau cloagey er; cloagaghey; cloagey: Hooded cloak - Cloagey bayrnagh. DF idiom and was clad with zeal as a cloak. - as hug eh mysh graih jeean myr cloagey Bible; coodagh; coodaghey
diligent (adj.) imneagh, jeadagh, jeean, jeidjagh, kiaralagh; jeidagh: Work is the diligent man's motto - Ta obbyr kione-ghraue yn dooinney jeidagh. JJK idiom
earnest (adj.) dy kiart: It is raining in real earnest now - T'eh ceau fliaghey dy kiart nish. DF idiom; jeean, ynrick; jeeaney; (n.) eearlys, gioal; jeidagh: He is in dead earnest - T'eh slane jeidagh. DF idiom
purpose (n.) aigney, finn, shalee, treeal, ymmyd; (v.) kiarail, soulaghey; dy jeean: I didn't do it on purpose - Cha ren mee eh dy-jeean. JJK idiom
suddenly (adv.) doaltattym, doaltattymagh; dy doaltattym: I awoke suddenly - Ghooisht mee dy-doaltattym. JJK idiom; dy jeean; dy siyragh
ardscoill (f.) high school: T'eh jeeaghyn dy vel Gordon Wilson, ren goll dys Ardscoill Ghoolish, ny mast-oc shid syn SNP ta dy jeean ayns foayr jeh seyrsnys kiart. Carn
beayntys (pl -syn) endurance, infinity, lastingness: Hee-oo nagh vod niurin lesh e yiattyn loor, ny beayntys ghor'ghey whaagh y diunid wooar eshyn y reayll, cho jeean t'eh er cooilleen, agh ooill' e roon hyndaays foast er hene PC
boodeeys pl. boodeeyssyn community, copartnership, partnership: Va boodeeys Yernish ayn va arryltagh dy obbraghey dy jeean son y chengey. Carn
cordail rish according to; endorse: Cordail rish my yerkal jeean, as my hreishteil nagh bee nearey orrym ayns nhee erbee Bible
gholl gys 1 (dy); (to) take to; 2 (dy); (to) go to a: As dreggyr Jonathan Saul, Ren David dy jeean kied y hirrey orrym dy gholl gys Bethlehem Bible
Greece Greece: tra v’eh er gholl harrish ny ardjyn shen, as dy jeean er choyrlaghey ad, haink eh gys Greece Bible
lhiu (=Ir. libh) with you: ta shiu dunverys, as dy jeean geearree dy gheddyn, as cha vel eh cheet lhiu Bible
meiyghys benignity, lenity, tenderness: cre cha jeean as ta mee goaill foddeeaght nyn yei eu ooilley ayns meiyghys Yeesey Creest. Bible; gentleness
mêriu with you: Lesh yeearree jeean ta mee er ve aignagh yn Eayn-caisht shoh y ee mêriu roish my jean-ym surranse. PB1765
obbaltagh abstainer: Ghiall mee shen dy jeean as ta mee er reayll y ghialdyn shen, ta mee er ve slane obbaltagh car my vioys! JG; refusing
plan pl. plannyn plan: hoilshee shen magh dy row sleih ennagh lostey ny thieyn er jeean, coardail rish plan. Carn
slane obbaltagh bone-dry, teetotal: Ghiall mee shen dy jeean as ta mee er reayll y ghialdyn shen, ta mee er ve slane obbaltagh car my vioys! JG; teetotaller, total abstainer
spaarit afforded; saved, spared: S'mie fakin whilleen eddinyn dy chaarjyn ayns y chamyr, as te yn bwooishal as padjer jeean aym dy bee mayd ooilley spaarit dy akin ymmodee chaglymyn elley gollrish yn nane shoh. Dhoor
yllagh as eam hue and cry, outcry: Sy teihll argidoil lurg soiaghyn ny h-atçhimeyryn, ren yn yllagh as eam eddyrashoonagh cur er lught yn argid prowal obbraghey ny smoo jeean dy chur sthap er argid goll gys atçhimeyryn. BS
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