shellan

Manx

Etymology

Compare Irish seileán ((wild) honey-bee) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (bee; heath or field-bee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛlʲan/

Noun

shellan m (genitive singular shellan, plural shellanyn)

  1. bee

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
shellanhellan
after "yn", çhellan
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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