bwoirryn

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish boinenn (“female”)[1] cognate with Irish baineann and Scottish Gaelic boireann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bworʲən/

Adjective

bwoirryn

  1. female, feminine
    Muck woirryn ee mysh three ny kiare dy vlein dy eash
    It's a female pig around three or four years old

Mutation

Mutation of bwoirryn
radical lenition eclipsis
bwoirryn woirryn mwoirryn

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

References

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