bochilley
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos (“herdsman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).
Noun edit
bochilley m (genitive singular bochillagh, plural bochillyn)
Derived terms edit
- ben vochilley (“shepherdess”)
- bochillaght
- bochilley anmey (“pastor, cleric”)
- bochilley baa (“cowherd”)
- bochilley goair (“goatherd”)
- bochilley guoiee (“gooseherd”)
- bochilley muickey (“swineherd”)
- bochilley ollee (“cowherd”)
- bochilley skeddan (“rabbit fish”)
- croagane vochillagh (“shepherd's crook”)
- lus y vochilley (“shepherd's cress”)
- snaid y vochilley (“Venus's comb”)
- sporran y vochilley (“shepherd's purse, field penny-cress”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bochilley | vochilley | mochilley |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |