Coileán

See also: coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Cuilén (literally “pup, youth, trickster”), from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Proper noun

Coileán m (genitive Choileáin)

1. a male given name often anglicized as Colin, which is etymologically unrelated

Declension

Declension of Coileán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Coileán vocative a Choileáin genitive Coileáin dative Coileán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Coileán genitive an Choileáin dative leis an gCoileán don Choileán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Coileán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Coileán	Choileán	gCoileán

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