caisleán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish caislén, from Old Irish caisel (from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum).[1] By surface analysis, caiseal + -án.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈkaʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/; /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲanˠ/, /ˈkaʃl̠ʲan̪ˠ/[3]
Noun
editcaisleán m (genitive singular caisleáin, nominative plural caisleáin)
- castle (fortified building)
- mansion
- (meteorology, of cloud) cumulus
Declension
editDeclension of caisleán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- caisleáin óir (“sunset clouds; castles in the air”)
- caisleán cártaí (“house of cards”)
- caisleánach (“containing castles”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caisleán | chaisleán | gcaisleán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caislén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 153, page 78
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 226, page 83
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caisleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms suffixed with -án
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Meteorology
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Buildings
- ga:Royal residences