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): /ˈkulʲen͈/

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cuilenn	chuilenn	cuilenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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