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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Coileán Choileán gCoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.