benoil

See also: ben oil

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish banamail, from Old Irish ben (“woman”).

Adjective

benoil

  1. ladylike, womanly, womanlike, wifely
  2. (pejorative) womanish, effeminate

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
benoil venoil menoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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