Manx edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish síl (seed).

Noun edit

sheel m (genitive singular sheel, plural sheelyn)

  1. (botany) seed, pip, oats
  2. (cytology) sperm, spunk
  3. issue, offspring, lineage
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish silid.

Verb edit

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 edit

Mutation edit

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