bochilley

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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)

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.

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