soillsean

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	(a) shoillsein	(a) shoillseanan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
soillsean	shoillsean after "an", t-soillsean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (1996) Selected poems, Scottish Academic Press, page 217