Coileán

See also: coileán, coilean, and còilean

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Cuilén (literally “pup, youth, trickster”), from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Proper noun

Coileán m (genitive Choileáin)

  1. a male given name often anglicized as Colin, which is etymologically unrelated

Declension
Declension of Coileán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Coileán
Vocative a Choileáin
Genitive Coileáin
Dative Coileán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Coileán
Genitive an Choileáin
Dative leis an gCoileán

don Choileán

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Coileán Choileán gCoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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