sheeiney

Manx

Alternative forms

• sheeint

Etymology

From Old Irish sine m, from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos.

Noun

sheeiney f (genitive singular sheeiney, plural sheeinaghyn)

1. (anatomy) breast, teat, pap, dug, boob
2. (anatomy) nipple, mamilla

Derived terms

• sheeintagh

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sheeiney	heeiney after "yn", çheeiney	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.