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Manx
Etymology
Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Irish seileán (“(wild) honey-bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”).
Pronunciation
Noun
shellan m (genitive singular shellan, plural shellanyn)
- bee
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
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