bwoid

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish bot (“tail; penis”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos (“piece of wood”).

Noun

bwoid m (genitive singular bwoid)

1. (anatomy) penis

Derived terms

• bwoid lhiggee (“discharge cock”)
• bwoid niaghan (“battledore, chopper”)
• bwoid niaghyn (“dolly”)
• bwoid niargan (“penis”)
• bwoid rioee (“icicle”)
• bwoid saggyrt (“spotted orchis, orchis”)
• bwoid skeddan (“crane fly, daddy-longlegs”)
• bwoid suggane (“rope stone”)
• bwoid trimmid (“corbel”)
• bwoidage (“minx”)
• bwoiddagh (“phallic”)
• bwoiddaght, bwoideeaght, bwoidiaght (“sexual intercourse”)

Mutation

Mutation of bwoid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bwoid	woid	mwoid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language