benoil

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Manx [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

benoil

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

Mutation [edit]

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.
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