seileán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Manx shellan (“bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”).
Noun
[edit]seileán m (genitive singular seileáin, nominative plural seileáin)
- (wild) honey bee
Declension
[edit]Declension of seileán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- cathair seileán (“swarming-place of bees”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seileán | sheileán after an, tseileán |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN