bochilley
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos (“herdsman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).
Noun
bochilley m (genitive singular bochillagh, plural bochillyn)
- shepherd
- herdsman
Derived terms
- ben vochilley (“shepherdess”)
- bochillaght
- bochilley anmey (“pastor, cleric”)
- bochilley baa (“cowherd”)
- bochilley goair (“goatherd”)
- bochilley guoiee (“gooseherd”)
- bochilley muickey (“swineherd”)
- bochilley ollee (“cowherd”)
- bochilley skeddan (“rabbit fish”)
- croagane vochillagh (“shepherd's crook”)
- lus y vochilley (“shepherd's cress”)
- snaid y vochilley (“Venus's comb”)
- sporran y vochilley (“shepherd's purse, field penny-cress”)
Related terms
- bochil
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bochilley | vochilley | mochilley |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||