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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

  1. island
  2. isolated place

Declension

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 153, page 78
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 141
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (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

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