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shaghney 1 avert, avoid, circumvent, defer, delay, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, obviate, prevent, renounce, repudiate, shirk, shirking, shun, turn away, varnish a: Ta dooinney tastagh cronnaghey yn olk ro-laue as shaghney eh Bible; 2 circumvention, deferment, postponement, renunciation
circumvent (v.) cleayney, shaghney
scrimshank (v.) shaghney obbyr
postponement (n.) cur jeh, shaghney, shlearaghey
delay cumrail: Send them to me without delay - Cur hym ad fegooish cumrail. JJK idiom; feiyal; fuirraght; lhiggey; moalys; shaghey; shaghney; shlearaghey
escape (v.) scapail; shaghney; cosney roish: I still had hopes of his escape - Va foast jerkallys aym dy gosnagh eh roish. JJK idiom
prevent (v.) cumrail; lhiettal: The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us - Cha jean yn olk berraghtyn orrin, ny lhiettal shin Bible; shaghney
prudent (adj.) feeudagh, jeadagh; keeaylagh; creeney: The prudent man avoids mistakes - Ta'n dooinney creeney shaghney marranyn. JJK idiom; tushtagh
shy1 (v.) ceau, jonseragh; (adj.) faitagh: He avoids us because he's shy - T'eh shaghney shin, er yn oyr dy vel eh faitagh. JJK idiom; nearildagh
baih argid invested: Ta Mainshtyr Huhne credjal dy noddagh shen cur ass cree sleih ta kiarail shaghney eeck keeshyn ayns ny çheeraghyn oc hene liorish baih argid ayns bancyn ayns Mannin. BS
cur ass cree demoralization, demoralize, depress, discourage, dishearten: Ta Mainshtyr Huhne credjal dy noddagh shen cur ass cree sleih ta kiarail shaghney eeck keeshyn ayns ny çheeraghyn oc hene liorish baih argid ayns bancyn ayns Mannin. BS; disheartening
cur leagh er appraise, assess, evaluate, initiate, price, value: Tra t'ad cur leagh er thalloo, t'ad goaill magh ny h-ayrnyn smoo scanshoil jeh ny barganeyn dy yannoo un docamad, shaghney yn feme son bundeil dy varganeyn. BS
meearryltagh disobliging: Un laa, ta Preeu-hirveishagh Hostyn cur raaue agglagh da fasteeyn- keesh, as y laa er giyn t'eh meearryltagh dy choobbraghey marish cheeraghyn Oarpagh elley dy lhiettal shaghney keeshyn. Carn
Moggyl ry hoi Aachummey Keesh Tax Reform Newtwork: Ta'n Moggyl ry hoi Aachummey Keesh gobbraghey dy lhiettal shaghney keesh feiy ny cruinney. Carn
sleetchal loitering, lurk, lurking, sneak, sneaking: Eer dy vel ny paitchyn ain jannoo dy mie ayns Gaelg ec y traa t'ayn, ta Baarle ee-hene sleetchal mygeayrt ayns y chorneil, as cha nodmayd shaghney ee! Dhoor
avoid (v.) scapail; shaghney: Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife - Ny-yeih, dy haghney maarderys, lhig da e ven hene ve ec dagh dooinney Bible; shaghyn: But avoid foolish questions - Agh shaghyn questionyn ommijagh Bible; chea roish: Avoid it, pass not by it - Jean chea roish, ny gow liorish Bible
defer (v.) injillaghey; lhiettal: For my name's sake will I defer mine anger - Er graih my ennym nee’m my yymmoose y lhiettal Bible; lhiggey shaghey: defer not, for thine own sake - ny lhig shaghey, er dty ghraih hene Bible; shaghney
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