soillsean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Irish soilseán. By surface analysis, soillse +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɤi̯ʎʃan/
• Hyphenation: soill‧sean

Noun

soillsean m (genitive singular soillsein, plural soillseanan)

1. torch, taper
2. tinsel (something shining and gaudy)

Declension

Declension of soillsean (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	soillsean	soillseanan
genitive	soillsein	shoillseanan
dative	soillsean	soillseanan; soillseanaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) soillsean	(na) soillseanan
genitive	(an) t-soillsein	(nan) soillseanan
dative	(an) t-soillsean	(na) soillseanan; soillseanaibh✝
vocative	shoillsein	shoillseanan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of soillsean

radical	lenition
soillsean	shoillsean after "an", t-soillsean

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

References

• “Tinsel”, in A Dictionary of the Gaelic language, The Highland Society of Scotland, 1828, page 808
• Norman MacLeod, Daniel Dewar (1866) “Torch”, in A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, page 959
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “soillsean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (1996) Selected poems, Scottish Academic Press, page 217