quallian

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Irish coileán and Scottish Gaelic cuilean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwalʲan/

Noun

quallian m (genitive singular quallian, plural quallianyn)

1. puppy, pup

   quallian jeh'n chied seiy

   pup of the first litter

2. whelp
3. cub

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
quallian	whallian	guallian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language