boyn

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish bonn (“sole of foot”), cognate with Irish bonn and Scottish Gaelic bonn.

Noun

boyn m (genitive singular boynnee)

  1. (anatomy) heel

Synonyms

  • saayl

Derived terms

  • boynnagh (“foot strap”)

Mutation

Mutation of boyn
radical lenition eclipsis
boyn voyn moyn

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

Middle English

Noun

boyn

  1. alternative form of boun
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.