caolán

See also: caolan and Caolán

Irish

Etymology

From caol (“slender, narrow”) +‎ -án.

Noun

caolán m (genitive singular caoláin, nominative plural caoláin)

1. (geography) creek
2. (anatomy) small intestine
3. catgut

   Synonym: snáithe caoláin

4. Alternative form of caoladán (“thin person, thing”)

Declension

Declension of caolán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caolán caoláin vocative a chaoláin a chaolána genitive caoláin caolán dative caolán caoláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an caolán na caoláin genitive an chaoláin na gcaolán dative leis an gcaolán don chaolán leis na caoláin

Derived terms

• caolán beag
• caolán imleacáin (“umbilical cord”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caolán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caolán	chaolán	gcaolán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caolán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caolán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024