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) torch, taper tinsel (something shining and gaudy) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === 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], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (1996), Selected poems, Scottish Academic Press, page 217