cuileann

See also: cuileanna

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 *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).

Noun

cuileann m or f (genitive singular cuilinn)

1. holly

Declension

Declension of cuileann

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

• crann cuilinn (“holly-tree”)
• cuileann duimhche, cuileann trá (“sea holly”)
• cuileann Muire (“withered Christmas holly”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuileann	chuileann	gcuileann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "cuileann" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cuilenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “cuileann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cuileann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cuilfhionn, cuilionn

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 *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰulən̪ˠ/

Noun

cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)

1. holly

Derived terms

• crann-cuilinn, craobh-chuilinn (“holly tree”)
• cuileann-mara, cuileann-tràgha (“sea holly”)
• gealbhonn-cuileann (“bullfinch”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cuileann	chuileann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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