oileán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈilʲɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈelʲanˠ/, /ˈɨlʲanˠ/

Noun

oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

1. island
2. isolated place

Declension

Declension of oileán (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative oileán oileáin vocative a oileáin a oileána genitive oileáin oileán dative oileán oileáin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-oileán na hoileáin genitive an oileáin na n-oileán dative leis an oileán don oileán leis na hoileáin

Synonyms

• (island): inis

Derived terms

• Oileáin Fhilipíneacha (“Philippines”)
• oileán mara (“seagirt island”)
• Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard (“Prince Edward Island”)
• oileán sráide (“traffic island”)
• oileán tráchta (“traffic island”)
• Oileán Úr (“New World”)
• oileánach (“islander; insular”)
• oileánra (“archipelago”)

Descendants

• → Yola: eeeloan, eeloan, eelone, iloan, ilone

Mutation

Mutated forms of oileán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oileán	n-oileán	hoileán	t-oileán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oileán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 812; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “oileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “island”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026