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)

1. shepherd
2. 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.