coileán

See also: Coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Manx quallian and Scottish Gaelic cuilean.

coileán m (genitive singular coileáin, nominative plural coileáin)

Declension of coileán (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an coileán	na coileáin
genitive	an choileáin	na gcoileán
dative	leis an gcoileán don choileán	leis na coileáin

Mutated forms of *coileán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
coileán	choileán	gcoileán

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), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 61, page 15; reprinted 1988
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 20, page 28
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 441 fn. 2, page 246
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 134