sheeiney

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish sine m, from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos.

Noun

sheeiney f (genitive singular sheeiney, plural sheeinaghyn)

  1. (anatomy) breast, teat, pap, dug, boob
  2. (anatomy) nipple, mamilla

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sheeiney
radical lenition eclipsis
sheeiney heeiney
after "yn", çheeiney		 unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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