oileán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlʲɑːn̪ˠ/[1]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈɪlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲanˠ/, /ˈɛlʲan̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

island
isolated place

Declension

Declension of oileán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oileán	oileáin
Vocative	a oileáin	a oileána
Genitive	oileáin	oileán
Dative	oileán	oileáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oileán	na hoileáin
Genitive	an oileáin	na n-oileán
Dative	leis an oileán don oileán	leis na hoileáin

Synonyms

(island): inis

Derived terms

Oileáin Fhilipíneacha (“Philippines”)
oileán mara (“seagirt island”)
Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard (“Prince Edward Island”)
oileán sráide (“traffic island”)
oileán tráchta (“traffic island”)
Oileán Úr (“New World”)
oileánach (“islander; insular”)
oileánra (“archipelago”)

Descendants

→ Yola: eeeloan, eeloan, eelone, iloan, ilone

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oileán	n-oileán	hoileán	t-oileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“island”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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