seileán

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Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Manx shellan (“bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”).

Noun

seileán m (genitive singular seileáin, nominative plural seileáin)

  1. (wild) honey bee

Declension

Declension of seileán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seileán seileáin
vocative a sheileáin a sheileána
genitive seileáin seileán
dative seileán seileáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seileán na seileáin
genitive an tseileáin na seileán
dative leis an seileán
don seileán 		leis na seileáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seileán
radical lenition eclipsis
seileán sheileán
after an, tseileán 		not applicable

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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