coileán

See also: Coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cuileán, cuiléan (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɪˈlʲaːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɪlʲɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨ̞lʲanˠ/

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) coileáin
Vocative a choileáin a choileána
Genitive coileáin Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) coileáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) na coileáin
Genitive an choileáin na gcoileán
Dative leis an gcoileán

don choileán

 leis na coileáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
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