oileán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈɪlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲanˠ/, /ˈɛlʲan̪ˠ/

Noun

oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

1. island
2. isolated place

Declension

Declension of oileán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oileán oileáin Vocative a oileáin a oileána Genitive oileáin oileán Dative oileán oileáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oileán na hoileáin Genitive an oileáin na n-oileán Dative leis an oileán don oileán leis na hoileáin

Synonyms

• (island): inis

Derived terms

• Oileáin Fhilipíneacha (“Philippines”)
• oileán mara (“seagirt island”)
• Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard (“Prince Edward Island”)
• oileán sráide (“traffic island”)
• oileán tráchta (“traffic island”)
• Oileán Úr (“New World”)
• oileánach (“islander; insular”)
• oileánra (“archipelago”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: eeeloan, eeloan, eelone, iloan, ilone

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oileán	n-oileán	hoileán	t-oileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “island”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024