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sheshey (=Ir. seise) pl. sheshaghyn consort, fellow, husband, match, mate, partner, spouse; companion: Ta mee my vraar da dragonyn, as sheshey da hulladyn. Bible; cohort; colleague; goodman
dooinney sheshey husband: honnick eh neesht dy row eh ymmyrchagh dy beagh ec dooinney sheshey dooghyssagh. PC
gyn sheshey nonpareil; alone, without mate, Bible: As hooar Mahlon as Chilion nyn neesht baase, as va'n ven faagit gyn sheshey as gyn cloan. Bible
husband1 (n.) dooinney; dooinney poost; dooinney sheshey; sheshey: Her husband is young; his wife is happy - Ta e sheshey aeg; ta e ven maynrey. JJK idiom; sheshey poost; fer-poost
mate (n.) aavainshter, commyr, cumraag; sheshey: As black as the raven is he'll find a mate - Myr s'doo yn feeagh yiow eh sheshey. JJK idiom; (v.) cubblaghey, cur cooidjagh, jannoo colleeys, lheimmey
gyn poosey celibate, unmarried, unwed: Ny lhig da'n ven ve er ny scarrey veih'n sheshey eck: Agh my t'ee son scarrey, lhig ee cummal gyn poosey reesht, er-nonney lhig ee ve coardit rish e sheshey: as ny lhig da'n dooinney cur ersooyl e ven. Bible
sheshey-cummaltee fellow citizens: Cha vel shin nish er-y-fa shen ny sodjey nyn yoarreeyn as jeh cheer whaagh, agh sheshey-cummaltee marish ny nooghyn, as jeh lught-thie Yee Bible
match1 cheet jesh da, piyral; cloie; co-chloie; foaddan; keilley; mac-soylley; sheshey; soyllaghey; troddan
partner ayrniagh; coghaunseyr; commagh; leggad; paartee; parteeas; sheshey; (v.) jannoo commeeys rish
alone (adj., adv.) ynrican, ynrycan; gyn sheshey; (ny) lomarcan: Who knows? He alone - Quoi ec ta fys? Eshyn ny lomarcan. JJK idiom
companion cooidjaghtagh, co-heshey; cumraag: Fire is a good companion in this weather - Ta aile ny chumraag mie ayns lheid yn earish shoh. JJK idiom; greeish chabbaneagh; laue-lioar; sheshey
fellow (n.) co-oltey, cumraag, dooinney, e cheilley, mooidjeen, sheshey; fer: The silly fellow has fallen down - Ta'n fer tootagh er duittym sheese. JJK idiom
goodman (n.) eh hene; fer thie: say ye to the goodman of the house - abbyr-jee rish y fer-thie Bible; sheshey: For the goodman is not at home - Son cha vel my heshey ec y thie Bible
owls (npl.) hulladyn: I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Ta mee my vraar da dragonyn, as sheshey da hulladyn Bible
raven (n.) feeagh: As black as the raven is he'll find a mate - Myr s'doo yn feeagh yiow eh sheshey. JJK idiom; feeagh mooar; (v.) hompsal, jannoo cragh
schoolfellow (n.) cumraag scoill, sheshey-scollag; sheshey-schoillar: He's a schoolfellow of ours - T'eh ny heshey-schoillar ainyn. JJK idiom
drogh-imraa bad report, infamy: Yiow ish, ta ammyssagh da e sheshey, slane goo yn ven chreeney: agh hig faghid as drogh-imraa yn theihll urreeish ta craa e moyrn er. Apoc
dy graihagh fondly, lovingly: Desisht Jee dy graihagh rish ny v'eh er ghra, eh hene kiarail dy chroo foast sheshey da PC
ec y vunlaa at noon: Nish tra jimmee yn pobble roue ass y raad ec y vunlaa, hie Susanna ayns garey e sheshey dy walkal. Apoc
erskyn deiney superhuman: My ta e ymmyrkey, dooie, meen, as bannee, s'maynrey e sheshey erskyn deiney elley. Apoc; above men, over men
hyndaa er ash2 (dy); (to) turn round: Veeit sheshey Platt as yn meoir feiys oc, Murchadh MacRath, rhiu er y raad gys y cheyll as ren ben Platt guee orroo dy hyndaa er ash. NNS
insh 1 (v.) announce, communicate, declare, divulge, narrate, report, reporting, tell, telling a: As roie yn ven dy siyragh dy insh shoh da e sheshey Bible; 2 (as joke) crack; 3 (n.) communication, divulgation, utterance, coverage, narration, speech; 4 (f.) island; 5 shew
j'eeish of her: As hooar Jacob Joseph sheshey Voirrey, j'eeish ruggyr Yeesey, ta enmyssit Creest. Bible
loayrt dy dooie speak friendly: As dirree e sheshey, as hie eh geiyrt urree dy loayrt dy dooie r’ee Bible
mee-reiltys (f.) anarchy, disloyalty, disorder, irregularity, lawlessness, misrule, turbulence, unruliness; unruly: Lheid as ta gyn foill, sheshey un ven, as e chloan crauee, nagh vel er ny chassid jeh rouanys ny meereiltys Bible
scarrit (=Ir. scarithe) detached, disconnected, disengaged, distinguished, disunited, divorced, parted, separated, spaced, sundry: chamoo nee ad goaill ben ta scarrit veih e sheshey Bible
Sulby Soli's Farm: Va bwoirrinagh baghey ayns Sulby mârish e sheshey as laa dy row hooar eh baase, as cha row ee son eshyn y oanluckey agh dy ve loshtit syn aile ec y chrematorium ayns Doolish. GB [Scand]
vulturyn vultures: shen y raad vees ny vulturyn myrgeddin er nyn jaglym cooidjagh, dagh unnane marish e sheshey Bible
damsel (n.) ben aeg: And the damsel was very fair to look upon - As va’n ven aeg feer aalin dy yeeaghyn urree Bible; caillin; caillin aeg; doodee; inneen; inney-veyl; moidyn: If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband - My vees ben aeg ta ny moidyn nasht rish sheshey bible
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