bochilley

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)

  1. shepherd
  2. herdsman

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”)

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
bochilleyvochilleymochilley
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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