benoil

See also: ben oil

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish banamail, from Old Irish ben (“woman”).

Adjective

benoil

1. ladylike, womanly, womanlike, wifely
2. (derogatory) womanish, effeminate

Derived terms

• meevenoil

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
benoil	venoil	menoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.