sheer-

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Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sír (lasting, constant) (compare Irish síor-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).

Prefix[edit]

sheer-

  1. continuous, endless, permanent, interminable, perpetual, ceaseless, persistent, lasting, continual, unending, constant

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sheer- heer-
after "yn", çheer-
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.