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coileán

coileán

See also: coilean and còilean

Irish

Alternative forms

cuileán (obsolete)
cuiléan (obsolete)

Noun

coileán m ‎(genitive singular coileáin, nominative plural coileáin)

pup, cub, whelp
(of person) youth, scion
trickster

Declension

Declension of coileán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coileán	coileáin
Vocative	a choileáin	a choileána
Genitive	coileáin	coileán
Dative	coileán	coileáin

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

Derived terms

coileáinín m ‎(“puppy”)
coileán fir ‎(“(young) fighting man”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coileán	choileán	gcoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"coileán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cuilén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.