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Irish
Etymology
From coláiste (“college”) + -án + -ach.
Noun
coláisteánach m (genitive singular coláisteánaigh, nominative plural coláisteánaigh)
- collegian
- (Roman Catholicism) seminarist
Declension
Declension of coláisteánach
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coláisteánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coláisteánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coláisteánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024