coileán

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cuileán, cuiléan (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Manx quallian and Scottish Gaelic cuilean. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /kɪˈlʲɑːn̪ˠ/, /clʲɑːn̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkilʲɑːnˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨlʲanˠ/ === Noun === coileán m (genitive singular coileáin, nominative plural coileáin) pup, cub, whelp youth, scion (of person) trickster ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== coileáinín coileán fir === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN