oileán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

Noun

oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

  1. island
  2. isolated place

Declension

Declension of oileán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative oileán oileáin
vocative a oileáin a oileána
genitive oileáin oileán
dative oileán oileáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-oileán na hoileáin
genitive an oileáin na n-oileán
dative leis an oileán
don oileán 		leis na hoileáin

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yola: eeeloan, eeloan, eelone, iloan, ilone

Mutation

Mutated forms of oileán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oileán n-oileán hoileán t-oileán

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 153, page 78
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 141
  3. ^ 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], section 377, page 174
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 83, page 36

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “island”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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