cuilenn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kolinos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.lʲən̪/
  • (Blasse) [ˈku.lʲen̪]
  • (Griffith) [ˈku.lʲən̪]

Noun

cuilenn m

1. (wood of the) holly tree

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cuilenn	—	—
vocative	cuilinn	—	—
accusative	cuilennN	—	—
genitive	cuilinnL	—	—
dative	cuiliunnL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cuileann
• Manx: cullyn
• Scottish Gaelic: cuileann

Mutation

Mutation of cuilenn

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuilenn	chuilenn	cuilenn pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language