cuilean
See also: cùilean
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Irish coileán and Manx quallian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuilean m (genitive singular cuilein, plural cuileanan)
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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