cuileann – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of cuileann

Noun: cuileann

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativecuileann
Singular Genitivecuilinn

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean cuileann
Singular Genitivean chuilinn

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like cuileann

aiteann, coiteann, cuileann, greann, ifreann,

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly). See: English Nouns 'holly'.

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