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 *kulēnos (“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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative a Choileáin
Genitive Coileáin
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Genitive an Choileáin
Dative leis an gCoileán

don Choileán

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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