colainn

Irish

From Old Irish colinn (“body, flesh, corpse”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).^[2]

colainn f (genitive singular colainne or colla, nominative plural colainneacha or colla)

body (especially but not exclusively living)
Synonyms: cabhail, corp
flesh (human body as a physical entity; evil, sin, corruption)
pléisiúir na colla ― pleasures of the flesh

Declension of colainn (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an cholainn	na colainneacha
genitive	na colainne	na gcolainneacha
dative	leis an gcolainn don cholainn	leis na colainneacha

Declension of colainn (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an cholainn	na colla
genitive	na colla	na gcolla
dative	leis an gcolainn don cholainn	leis na colla

Mutated forms of *colainn*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
colainn	cholainn	gcolainn

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95

colainn m

Mutation of *colainn*
radical	lenition
colainn	cholainn

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