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
  • aaheel (“redistill”)
  • neuheelaght (“cloudiness (of liquid)”)
  • neuheelys (“cloud (in liquid)”)
  • yn-heel (“to infiltrate”)

Mutation

Mutation of sheel
radical lenition eclipsis
sheel heel
after "yn", çheel		 unchanged

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

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