cuisleán

See also: cuislean

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəʃˈl̠ʲaːnˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkiʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲanˠ/[1]

Noun

cuisleán m (genitive singular cuisleáin, nominative plural cuisleáin)

  1. a damp, green strip of ground

Declension

Declension of cuisleán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuisleán cuisleáin
vocative a chuisleáin a chuisleána
genitive cuisleáin cuisleán
dative cuisleán cuisleáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuisleán na cuisleáin
genitive an chuisleáin na gcuisleán
dative leis an gcuisleán
don chuisleán 		leis na cuisleáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuisleán
radical lenition eclipsis
cuisleán chuisleán gcuisleán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 19

Further reading

  • “cuisleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuisleán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 290; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuisleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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