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cuileann
cuileann
See also: cuileanna
Irish
Noun
cuileann m, f (genitive singular cuilinn)
Declension
Declension of cuileann
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- crann cuilinn (“holly-tree”)
- cuileann duimhche, cuileann trá (“sea-holly”)
- cuileann Muire (“withered Christmas holly”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuileann | chuileann | gcuileann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cuileann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- cuilfhionn
- cuilionn
Etymology
From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Irish cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰulən̪ˠ/
Noun
cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)
Derived terms
- crann-cuilinn, craobh-chuilinn (“holly tree”)
- cuileann-mara, cuileann-tràgha (“sea holly”)
- gealbhonn-cuileann (“bullfinch”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9