caolán beag

Irish

Noun

caolán beag m (genitive singular caoláin bhig, nominative plural caoláin bheaga)

1. (anatomy) ileum

   Synonym: iléam

Mutation

Mutated forms of caolán beag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caolán beag	chaolán beag	gcaolán beag

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ileum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025