Manx edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

sheeiney f (genitive singular sheeiney, plural sheeinaghyn)

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

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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