seileán

Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Manx shellan (“bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”).

Noun

seileán m (genitive singular seileáin, nominative plural seileáin)

  1. (wild) honey bee

Declension
Declension of seileán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seileán seileáin
Vocative a sheileáin a sheileána
Genitive seileáin seileán
Dative seileán seileáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seileán na seileáin
Genitive an tseileáin na seileán
Dative leis an seileán

don seileán

 leis na seileáin

Derived terms
  • cathair seileán (“swarming-place of bees”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seileán sheileán
after an, tseileán		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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