sheeiney

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Manx

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sheeiney f (genitive singular sheeiney, plural sheeinaghyn)

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.