colainn
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish colinn (“body, flesh, corpse”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠɪɲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠənʲ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔlˠən̠ʲ/
Noun
[edit]colainn f (genitive singular colainne or colla, nominative plural colainneacha or colla)
- body (especially but not exclusively living)
- flesh (human body as a physical entity; evil, sin, corruption)
- pléisiúir na colla ― pleasures of the flesh
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- collaí (“carnal”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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colainn | cholainn | gcolainn |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “colainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]colainn m
Mutation
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with collocations
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Body
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
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