soillsean
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Irish soilseán. By surface analysis, soillse + -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soillsean m (genitive singular soillsein, plural soillseanan)
Declension
[edit]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 | (a) shoillsein | (a) shoillseanan |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| soillsean | shoillsean after "an", t-soillsean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- “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