sheel

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish síl (“seed”).

Noun

sheel m (genitive singular sheel, plural sheelyn)

  1. (botany) seed, pip, oats
  2. (cytology) sperm, spunk
  3. issue, offspring, lineage
Derived terms
  • sheelag (“seedling”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish silid.

Verb

sheel (verbal noun sheeley, past participle sheelit)

  1. drip, trickle, dribble, seep, ooze, flow, run, gravitate
  2. percolate, leach, distil, extract, refine, instill, strain (off), filter, clear (of liquid), clarify (honey), drain
  3. (medicine) discharge, weep (of sore)
  4. draw (off)
  5. soil (as milk)
  6. gutter (of candle)
Derived terms
Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
sheelheel
after "yn", çheel		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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