cuileann

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly).

Noun

cuileann m or f (genitive singular cuilinn)

  1. holly

Declension

Declension of cuileann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cuileann
vocative a chuilinn
genitive cuilinn
dative cuileann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cuileann
genitive an chuilinn
dative leis an gcuileann
don chuileann

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuileann
radical lenition eclipsis
cuileann chuileann gcuileann

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Irish cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly).

Pronunciation

Noun

cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)

  1. holly

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cuileann
radical lenition
cuileann chuileann

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuileann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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