Coileán

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See also: coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Cuilén (literally “pup, youth, trickster”), from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Proper noun

Coileán m (genitive Choileáin)

  1. a male given name often anglicized as Colin, which is etymologically unrelated

Declension

Declension of Coileán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Coileán
vocative a Choileáin
genitive Coileáin
dative Coileán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Coileán
genitive an Choileáin
dative leis an gCoileán
don Choileán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Coileán
radical lenition eclipsis
Coileán Choileán gCoileán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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