coileán

See also: Coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cuileán, cuiléan (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Manx quallian and Scottish Gaelic cuilean.

Pronunciation

Noun

coileán m (genitive singular coileáin, nominative plural coileáin)

  1. pup, cub, whelp
  2. youth, scion (of person)
  3. trickster

Declension

Declension of coileán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coileán coileáin
vocative a choileáin a choileána
genitive coileáin coileán
dative coileán coileáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coileán na coileáin
genitive an choileáin na gcoileán
dative leis an gcoileán
don choileán 		leis na coileáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coileán
radical lenition eclipsis
coileán choileán gcoileán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 61, page 15; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 20, page 28
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 441 fn. 2, page 246
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 134

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