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colainn

colainn

Irish

Noun

colainn f ‎(genitive singular colainne, nominative plural colainneacha)

Declension

Declension of colainn

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colainn	colainneacha
Vocative	a cholainn	a cholainneacha
Genitive	colainne	colainneacha
Dative	colainn	colainneacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cholainn	na colainneacha
Genitive	na colainne	na gcolainneacha
Dative	leis an gcolainn don cholainn	leis na colainneacha

Synonyms

cabhail
(body): corp
mianta

Derived terms

collaí ‎(“carnal, sexual”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colainn	cholainn	gcolainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

colainn m

genitive singular of colann