bwoid
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish bot (“tail; penis”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos (“piece of wood”).
Noun[edit]
bwoid m (genitive singular bwoid)
Derived terms[edit]
- bwoid lhiggee (“discharge cock”)
- bwoid niaghan (“battledore, chopper”)
- bwoid niaghyn (“dolly”)
- bwoid niargan (“penis”)
- bwoid rioee (“icicle”)
- bwoid saggyrt (“spotted orchis, orchis”)
- bwoid skeddan (“crane fly, daddy-longlegs”)
- bwoid suggane (“rope stone”)
- bwoid trimmid (“corbel”)
- bwoidage (“minx”)
- bwoiddagh (“phallic”)
- bwoiddaght, bwoideeaght, bwoidiaght (“sexual intercourse”)
Mutation[edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bwoid | woid | mwoid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language