çhymnee

Manx

From çhymney (“will, testament”) +‎ -ee. Cognate with Irish tiomnaigh.

çhymnee (verbal noun çhymnaghey, past participle çhymnit)

to bequeath, pass down
Çhymnee eh da cloan ny clienney eu. ― Pass it down to your children's children.

Hymnee eh e argid er e 'neen. ― He left his money to his daughter.
to dedicate (of church, etc.)
Hymnee eh y lioar da'n ven echey. ― He dedicated the book to his wife.
to delegate, entrust

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
çhymnee	hymnee	jymnee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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