shellan
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
shellan m (genitive singular shellan, plural shellanyn)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| shellan | hellan after "yn", çhellan |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||