cuilén
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuilén m (nominative plural culíuin)
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cuilén | cuilénL | culíuinL |
Vocative | culíuin | cuilénL | cuilénuH |
Accusative | cuilénN | cuilénL | cuilénuH |
Genitive | culíuinL | cuilén | cuilénN |
Dative | cuilénL | cuilénaib | cuilénaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cuilén | chuilén | cuilén pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuilén”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koligno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213