caolán beag

Irish

Noun

caolán beag m (genitive singular caoláin bhig, nominative plural caoláin bheaga)

1. (anatomy) ileum

   Synonym: iléam

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caolán beag	chaolán beag	gcaolán beag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ileum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024