cuilén
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkulʲeːn/
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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, Stirling, →ISBN
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “koligno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
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