cuilenn

Old Irish

From Proto-Celtic *kolinos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).

cuilenn m

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cuilenn	—	—
Vocative	cuilinn	—	—
Accusative	cuilenn^N	—	—
Genitive	cuilinn^L	—	—
Dative	cuiliunn^L	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cuilenn	chuilenn	cuilenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuilenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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