soillsean

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Irish soilseán. By surface analysis, soillse +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɤi̯ʎʃan/
  • Hyphenation: soill‧sean

Noun

soillsean m (genitive singular soillsein, plural soillseanan)

  1. torch, taper
  2. tinsel (something shining and gaudy)

Declension

Declension of soillsean (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative soillsean soillseanan
genitive soillsein shoillseanan
dative soillsean soillseanan; soillseanaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) soillsean (na) soillseanan
genitive (an) t-soillsein (nan) soillseanan
dative (an) t-soillsean (na) soillseanan; soillseanaibh✝
vocative shoillsein shoillseanan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of soillsean
radical lenition
soillsean shoillsean
after "an", t-soillsean

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

References

  • “Tinsel”, in A Dictionary of the Gaelic language, The Highland Society of Scotland, 1828, page 808
  • Norman MacLeod, Daniel Dewar (1866) “Torch”, in A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, page 959
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “soillsean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (1996) Selected poems, Scottish Academic Press, page 217
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