colainn

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colinn (“body, flesh, corpse”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

colainn f (genitive singular colainne or colla, nominative plural colainneacha or colla)

  1. body (especially but not exclusively living)
    Synonyms: cabhail, corp
  2. flesh (human body as a physical entity; evil, sin, corruption)
    pléisiúir na colla ― pleasures of the flesh

Declension

Declension of colainn (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colainn colainneacha
vocative a cholainn a cholainneacha
genitive colainne colainneacha
dative colainn colainneacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cholainn na colainneacha
genitive na colainne na gcolainneacha
dative leis an gcolainn
don cholainn 		leis na colainneacha
Declension of colainn (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colainn colla
vocative a cholainn a cholla
genitive colla colla
dative colainn colla
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cholainn na colla
genitive na colla na gcolla
dative leis an gcolainn
don cholainn 		leis na colla

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of colainn
radical lenition eclipsis
colainn cholainn gcolainn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

colainn m

  1. genitive singular of colann

Mutation

Mutation of colainn
radical lenition
colainn cholainn

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

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