meeyl

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish míl (“animal, louse”), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miːl]

Noun

meeyl f (genitive singular meeyl, plural meeylyn)

1. insect; louse; gnat

Synonyms

• quill (“gnat”)

Mutation

Mutation of meeyl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meeyl	veeyl	unchanged

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