cuilén
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkulʲeːn/
Noun
cuilén m (nominative plural culíuin)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cuilén | cuilénL | culíuinL |
| vocative | culíuin | cuilénL | cuilénuH |
| accusative | cuilénN | cuilénL | cuilénuH |
| genitive | culíuinL | cuilén | cuilénN |
| dative | cuilénL | cuilénaib | cuilénaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cuilén | chuilén | cuilén pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuilén”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koligno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213